Russian silver teapot. The Russian Empire. Riga. 1844

Russian silver teapot with gilding, decorated with flowers and foliage. Two indistinct crossed-out hallmarks and hallmark LSh 1844, Riga city hallmark, 84 assay. Weight 838 g. Height 18 cm. l. 30 cm. In 1844, Vladimir Alekseevich Galkin was listed as an assayer in Riga, and Leopold Karlovich Schlitter in 1844 was listed as an assayer in Odessa and 1845-1849. in Riga. According to the Cyrillic assay mark on the teapot mentioned above, it can be assumed that Leopold Karlovich Schlitter began working as an assayer in Riga as early as 1844.