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Re: "R in a circle"->> Sample fork Buttercup (1899) pattern.....

The trail on that leads to Allessio Cesa & Company, legitimate silver makers. Crown trademark. Any chance they were also engaged in silverplate work?

If we search for something that looks like mink but smells like rat, then perhaps there is a history before their INOX seemed to aquire Super powers....which leads to the question of what this was all about: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4152&p=8505&hilit=INOX#p8505 ...

BTW-Why isn't anyone considering the Austrians as a potential culprit in this one?

Try putting "Spoon [XIII]" in the search function box? You might see a thread there with no remaining image, but a notation by Theo.on some marks that are unidentified. (You may have to do your own comparison of what you have against what was in the description.)

Here is the [AMZ-in-lozenge 800] Interlaken spoon: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=53910&p=170966&hilit=interlaken#p170966 -Currently listed on a big known hawker's site is a "white flower" charm with that same marking. Looks very "alpine" to me. Bu...

Tracking the metals is one thing, but tracking the marks is needed too. Note that [AMC 800] is clearly linked to [Poodle AP]. In addition [AMZ crown 800] might relate to [AMZ-in-lozenge 800] by inference only: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=52272&p=170954&hilit=AMZ+8...

ASCAS article on small, ornate American jewelry boxes history up until style played out in 1920's: http://www.ascasonline.org/articoloMM57.html

(This one looks more like the pre-filter ciggy chambers, but hey...a box can hold anything.)

Try tinplatetoys dot blogspot dot com to see many examples of Japanese marks (especially in diamonds) for these type if items...should still translate to other objects. A Japanese word equivalent of Trademark begins with "S" and is sometimes symbolized in these marks with that letter.

The "A" seems too set-off for SILVERA....perhaps just an abreviated version of that "Silver Ash." mark?

Another Japanese based metal objects firm placed a large "M" in the center of the diamond, presumably a formal name. So, if this was a norm there, I would expect the "S" on your box to relate to an actual name of a maker or other. That said, the I.C. could just be for an "im...

Search function for Gold C18 leads to this recent thread with similar marks: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=57566&p=187036&hilit=gold+c18&sid=f286583ec1810c2bfe95951a4b2a2d28#p187036

Link to sponsor/maker marks reference list: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Mak ... WB.html#WB

May your silver bells keep ringing, Happy Holidays to you!

Pattern: Colonial, Patented 1908 Albert Pick & Co.--Incorporated 1896, absorbs EHH Smith 1919 [Blackstone Silver Co. used 1914-], replaces Smith 1920, and runs to circa 1925, whence changed to Albert Pick Co., Inc. [Pick-Barth merger follows.] "Albert Pick & Co. Extra" mark was use...

A fork with commercial topmark of Gateway in block capitol letters suggests a link to the GATEWAY HOTEL group in West Texas and East New Mexico which was founded in 1929. However, the item carries a mark for Albert Pick (as the supplier) and E.H.H. Smith (as the maker) which is problematic as Smith ...

Meanwhile, some "borrowed" images for academic advancement only:

Almost appear like stampings, but louped inspection reveals they must have employed some graver's tools. One leg on each dish is clearly marked....but, another leg on dish #2 seems to have a remnant of something like a failed punch (far left side and unreadable). Oh wait, dish #1 also has a left off...

Many thanks, and Season's Greetings, Phil. --> Adding link to thread holding MCB's notation on personal records of types of items attributed to William Bennett: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=14360&p=32168&hilit=william+bennett&sid=22247d9454058ffaa7c6199b80310f3...

Sample of two matched tri-footed round serving dishes, marked "1" and "2" on upper rims. Maker stamped before assayed, thus upside down. Crowned leopard head. Date letter "T" with tipped cartouche matching that of lion passant. Possible variant William Bateman I? Inside...