CÂTEVA CONSIDERAȚII PRIVIND MĂRTURIILE ÎNSEMNELOR DISTINCTE DE PE PIESE DE ARGINT DIN COTIDIANUL URBAN. PATRIMONIUL MNEIN
SEVERAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING WITNESSES OF DISTINCT SIGNS ON SILVER ITEMS FROM THE URBAN DAILY LIFE. MNEIN COLLECTIONS

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we would like to present the experience of identification, research and deciphering distinct signs on silver exhibits, approaching utilitarian silver objects from the MNEIN collections, bought from urban environment in the previous century, which display unpublished information regarding their identity. The utilitarian silver objects comprise items that were normally produced from silver alloys of different qualities, which were commonly used in house and household, especially for serving, eating, as well as with other functions. Most of them are unique objects, craftsmanship items; some are serial objects, without the pretention of entering in the category of items of decorative art. However, due to their special design, due to the excellent technique of processing, due to the refinement and even the ornamental art, they are very close to the objects of decorative art. The typological range of these objects is very large, comprising: dishes, trays, fruit dishes, cups, glasses, sugar basins, bowls of sweets, candlesticks, chandeliers, sets of plates for eating and serving, sets for making and serving tea, salt cellars, supports for spices, etc. Those that we refer to in this study are especially made of silver, utilitarian objects originating from different workshops from Bessarabia, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Poland, Czechia and Germany.The present paper was written out of the necessity of a study dedicated to the problem of making an expertise both of noble metals and of processed items which are a component of the museum cultural heritage.

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