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Interesting item indeed. MB could also be Cyrillic. M is the same in Cyrillic and Latin alphabet but B in Cyrillic is V in Latin alphabet. I tried to figure any connection with the Russian Arctic Ocean Flotilla and MB/MV but couldn't find any. Maybe someone who understands Russian could help. And I ...

The text in Cyrillic says "Svyatogor" which is some kind of a mythical hero and because it has an anchor it could have something to do with this ship originally named Svyatogor and built in England: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krassin_(1916_icebreaker)

I think it's silverplate and by William Adams: https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate__Init_W.html "WILLIAM ADAMS INC. Founded in 1865 by William Adams, the firm was active in Birmingham and New York. Much of its production was exported, especially to the United States. The McKinley Tariff Act of...

The date letter could be "T" for 1774. The visible parts, especially the "tail" would fit in the character. Not sure about the maker's mark. Is it W+something (for example WF for William Fearn) or upside down BM?

I don't think that the "centre piece" of the crown has any specific meaning but it's just a part of a marquis' crown. It's not like a crest in British heraldry and therefore can't be used to identify the owner. So basically it's just a crown of a marquis and without any additional informat...

I agree with "silvermakersmarks" that it's John Lambe. The spoons are pre-1781 because they don't have date letter and John Lambe's mark in 1770's was quite peculiar joint IL. I have actually a teaspoon by him which is almost identical. The only difference is that in my spoon the feather e...

My guess would be Eysteinn Erlendsson who was the archbishop of Nidaros when they started to build the cathedral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eysteinn_Erlendsson
There are no attributes in the picture so basically it could be any other (catholic) bishop though.

The town mark appears to be that of Danzig (today Gdansk in Poland). I don't have sources to identify the maker's mark but maybe someone with more knowledge about German silver can help you. I don't think they are Hanau pseudo hallmarks as there are only two marks; usually there would be more. But w...

If it's Exeter and 1819 the maker could be Owen Fielding: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Mak ... -JP.html#O
The maker's mark looks like it could be QF but I think it's just double punched OF.

Yes, that appears to be London 1773. The date letter "S" is similar to 1873 and 1933 but the hallmarks don't include a duty mark (soveraign's head) which was used from 1784 until late 19th century and the town mark of London, leopard's head, has a crown which was removed in 1821 so this le...

I don't think the featured hallmark is a negative relief but it just looks like one due to the photo.

I've seen some owner's marks used in the 18th and 19th centuries to mark sets of flatware. I don't mean properly engraving a crest or initials which was more usual but simply punching a stamp (for example a heraldic symbol) to the items. A bit like libraries used to stamp their books. Sometimes when...

That's an interesting looking item indeed. That kind of reliquaries were made in medieval time and if you have shown it to experts then it's most likely medieval and the patina seems consistent too. I'm not familiar with medieval hallmarking practices but my guess would be that the marks could be so...

It would be helpful to see photos of the whole item to judge whether it's indeed medieval or not. To me the surface looks more like silver plated and there seem to be suspiciously many hallmarks for a medieval item.

I can't help with the hallmarks but the style of the set is very interesting. It echoes the style of neoclassical porcelain items from late 18th and early 19th century made for example by Meissen during the Marcolini period. Especially the handles are strikingly similar.

I would just have the broken piece soldered but only if the cost is reasonable. Removing the other bowl would damage the piece even more and make it look rather odd in my opinion. Despite their age Georgian sugar tongs aren't especially valuable so some might even just scrap damaged items although I...

Cast tongs are notorious to be quite fragile so most of them have had repairs at some point. Professional silversmith can probably fix the broken piece rather easily. Or were you thinking about replacing the missing part too? That might be quite expensive.

I found a drawing of Simon Jouet's mark on this book and it shows the rather distict shape of the mark: https://archive.org/details/oldlondonsilver00howagoog/page/n348 It's almost like a cloud (I don't know if there's a proper term for it) and the shape is very similar to the one on the tray. Additi...

Could it be Simon Jouet? His mark looks quite like the the mark here; especially the shape of the shield.

The hallmarks look fine to me. Although the maker's mark is unfortunately damaged it shouldn't be impossible to find a match. The last letter is probably script I (or J; might even be T) and the shield shape is also peculiar so if someone has time and patience to go through London makers' mark list ...