Imperial Russian Water Rescue Society Badges made by Johannes Tölkeri workshop IT/JT

Johannes Tölkeri /Иоган Телькери/ (b. 1841). In 1857 he came to St. Petersburg and studied under Henrik Hedman. In 1861 he became an apprentice, and around 1870, a goldsmith. According to Postnikova-Loseva he worked until the 1880s. But in reality maker's marks I.T., IT, J.T or JT are found on silver items up until 1908.

Source: Marina Mikhailovna Postnikova-Loseva Index of Russian marks on products made of precious metals of the 17th-20th centuries/Марина Михайловна Постникова-Лосева Указатель русских клейм на изделия из драгоценных металлов XVII-XX вв.

Workshop marks.

1870.

Late 1870s/early 1880s.

1904-1908.

Silver badge type 1894.

Silver, enamel.
Size 30.9 x 30.8 mm.
Weight 12.96 g.

Marked with a barely readable maker's mark "IT".

 

Silver badge type 1872 with St. Andrew cockade.

Silver, enamel.
Size 30.9 x 30.8 mm.
Weight 11.38 g.

Marked with a maker's mark "IT".

 

Silver badge type 1894 with St. Andrew cockade.

Silver, enamel.
Size 31 x 32 mm.
Weight 13.03 g.

Marked with a maker's mark "IT".

 

Gold badge type 1872.

Silver, enamel.
Size 31.1 mm.
Weight 10.4 g.

Marked with a maker's mark "JT".

 

Gold badge type 1872 with St. Andrew cockade.

Silver, enamel.
Size 31х32 mm.
Weight 14.38 g.

Screwplate marked with a maker's mark "JT".