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::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The reference guide says .950 fineness, Depaulis marriage medal (unsigned version). ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

::::: I have a fully cast candy dish with known Hanau silver marks and the bottom of the dish has a mirror sheen like this galley tray. ::::::

:::::: Hanau Silver does have a tradition of "crown-over-letter" pseudo-hallmarks so I was thinking that to be a possibility as well, but the comments about ...

::::::: I have had a few silver medals with the bee hallmark, my medals were signed with the artist's signature, but this one doesn't seem to have a signature, maybe someone can figure out who designed this image just based on stylistic qualities alone? :::::::::::::

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:::::: It's hard for me to say without seeing a very similar tray in construction, or maybe another object very similarly constructed, possibly Jacomino Ciro but that is really a wild guess. ::::::::

:::::: All I can tell you additionally is that the handles definitely look cast, and the entire ...

::::: When you put your finger through the loop, it allows you to position the spoon with the most amount of precision. ::::::: This is necessary for both feeding a baby and administering medicine to an elderly person. :::::::::: If I had to guess I would guess this was used as a medicine spoon and ...

:::::::: The two-letter font is very similar to a Mollerup spoon I also thought was American Coin Silver (" Peter Petersen Mollerup from the city Viborg in Denmark") and the pin-prick engravings also indicate a strong possibility is Denmark, so is it possible this is a Danish Provincial Silver Spoon ...

:::: There were Italian companies specializing in the "antique style" which made silver objects in the 20th century with pseudo-hallmarks which are similar enough to your hallmarks to warrant an investigation into certain Italian makers who specialized in the "antique style" ::::::::::

::::::::; I see the Rococo Snuff Boxes now, so the snuff box is based on a traditional Rococo Snuff Box form, thanks for the information, it really is an amazing snuff box and the base is great too. ::::::::::

:::::: Technically I think it's a "Mughal Silver Pandan Box" (pandan was a medicinal herbal product that was stored in the boxes) and the Mughal Empire finally came to an end in 1857 as the British East India Tea Company led an army that defeated the last Mughal Emperor. :::::::::: Not sure if the ...

:::::::; "A number of militia regiments were also embodied to relieve regular troops required for India during the Indian Mutiny. The 4th RLM was one of the units called out, from 22 September 1857 to 1 April 1859, serving at Aldershot and Portsmouth."

::::::::: Is it possible this box was ...

::::: I've had similar chargers with pseudo-hallmarks that imitated Portuguese and French hallmarks, and every charger turned out to be Hanau Silver ::::: My best guess is that this is a piece of Hanau Silver. ::::::::::

::::::::::::::::::::: If I'm wrong and someone has seen this hallmark before ...

:::::::: I tried to look in up in my Jackson's but your page number doesn't correlate with my page 524, there are no unascribed marks on my page 524. :::::::::

:::::::: I would immediately think Montrose but this spoon seems much too early to be Scottish Provincial Montrose. ::::::::::::::::::

:::::: Incredible piece & the center looks like an upside-down dinner bell, but is that actually a writing instrument? Does that piece unscrew or come apart somehow? Amazing Thank YOU. ::::::::::

::::::::::::::::::: If you magnify that notch in the top of the crown, do you see any additional tiny details in that square-shaped notch? ::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::: I keep thinking I see some additional details in that notch but I'm not 100% sure, like are there tiny letters in there ...

::::: The zig-zag is so worn from being handles such that the angles of the zig-zag have been smoothed out, do I have that correct? ::::::::::

:::::::: At first I thought the zig-zag was somehow "cast" as a detail in the spoon because it starts out as a normal zig-zag but then just ends up with a ...

:::::::: The middle "T" actually looks more like a sword so maybe we are looking for a W (sword) B hallmark. ::::::::: The second hallmark is enigmatic but perhaps someone will be able to decipher it, I was thinking possibly a rams head with a curled horn, I'm trying to enhance that image to see it ...

::::::: Immediately I thought Wilhelm T. Binder but why are there not additional German hallmarks accompanying the maker's mark? :::::::::::::

:::::::: Have only seen hollowware and the occasional serving piece, but never a complete set of International Silver "Designed By Alphonse La Paglia" flatware in a chest. :::::::::::: I guess the book has the most information about the La Paglia workshop but if there are any children or ...

::::::::::::::: A question about these early numbers like 109 and 112 that are found on jewelry, do they have any relationship to the flatware patterns that are also numbered with early numbers like 109 and 112? Is it accurate to say that if a pattern number is found on both a piece of jewelry and a ...

::::::::::: Germany Georg Kramer "Fischland" was thinking maybe but I can't find your hallmark associated with the company yet. :::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: Details of the tray might help someone to identify it and also I am curious as to what it looks like ...