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 and used only "IT" mark. But in reality Johannes Tölkeri used maker's marks "I.T"., "IT", "J.T" and "JT" that 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".

 

Gold badge type 1872.

Silver, enamel.
Size 31 х 30 mm.
Weight 16.99 g.

Marked with a maker's mark "JT".

Interesting conversion to the pin fastening.

 

Silver badge type 1872.

Silver, enamel.
Size 30.5 x 30.5 mm.
Weight 10.41 g.

Marked with a maker's marks "JT".

Original screw.

Marks.

 

Pin-coverted silver badge type 1872.

Silver, enamel.
Size 30 x 30 mm.
Weight 11.56 g.

Marked with a maker's marks "JT".

 

Silver badge type 1872 with a silver hallmark from 1870s.

Silver, enamel.

Marked with a maker's mark "JT" and St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark "84+anchors" from 1870s. Notice that badge mark looks like "TL".