RUSSIE Manufacture GRACHEV Frères. Silver lamp stand (84 zolotniks/875/min. 800) consisting of a vertical axis, with a crook-shaped grip, two light arms and two lampshade clamps, openable and adjustable in height, imitating the bark of a tree and finished with three feet imitating knotted logs, resting on an oval base in the shape of an upturned braided basket. Cylindrical binnacles imitating braiding. Goldsmith's mark: M.H.T. Unidentified]. Signature of the factory. SAINT PETERSBURG's assayer's mark for 1877-1891: 84 N. [reversed, cyrillic] E. 1891 [not referenced]. H. : 55 cm - Weight : 1.285 g. Base and binnacles pierced for electrification. Oxidations, some scratches. Manufacture founded in 1866 in Saint Peterbourg by Gavril GRACHEV and taken over by his sons Mikhail and Semens at his death in 1877, until its closure in 1917.