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Thanks. Much appreciated.
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I am so embarrassed, I have looked at this box probably hundreds of times, and yet today was the first time I noticed this additional mark, on the lip of the box. Does it help clarify the origin even though I think Athos hit the nail on the head. I am wondering what the significance of this mark is ...

Athos, I think you may be correct. I found this image of a piece by SF Reitsma and the engraving in the central panels is almost identical to the piece I have...


What's your opinion?
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Frustrating yes, but also fun to try and discover the history.

I thought this would be a "slam dunk" to easily find out about the box.

It has such a uniquely Dutch engraving on the top lid that I thought it's identity, date and maker would be very easy to determine.
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Arrrgh... I must be dyslexic... it can't be an "L" or a "7" because it's not orientated correctly to be either of those.

Maybe it's a "J" or a remnant of an "R" or maybe it's nothing but tarnish. So hard to tell, even with a magnifying glass.
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I hope I'm not boring everyone with my idle blather... If it is a "L" then the date would seem to be 1845 or 1921 based on the page... http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html But it looks more like the L representing 1921 than the one for 1845 which would be impossible since th...

OK... I'm going out on a limb here and going to say that it looks like it is a datemark. the more I look at it, it seems like it is an "L" or "7" and indeed seems to be inside a circle.
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Tom, thanks for your thoughts. Just before I saw your reply, I was scrutinizing the box. Depending on the angle you look at it and the light hitting it, I did notice that possible mark which you pointed out...good eye by the way!. Upon closer inspection it almost looks like tarnish to me, but on the...

Hi, The partial mark with the R is the makers mark. I deducted it to be a CR with 3 dots above it (but that is debatable) for Cornelis Pieter Rosenburg. The lines are probably placeholder markings (so the silversmith remembers the orientation). A typical dateletter is similar to those in English ha...

Those are benchman's marks, he put them there so he'd put the right lid on the right bottom. The R in your first picture is the maker's mark, the date letter on the box would look like the ones on the chart found here - > 925-1000.com ~ Dutch Hallmarks I had seen this page before I made my post. I ...

I'm going to try and show the marks a little better. Maybe this will help... http://home.twcny.rr.com/merb/mark1.jpg http://home.twcny.rr.com/merb/mark2.jpg http://home.twcny.rr.com/merb/mark3.jpg http://home.twcny.rr.com/merb/mark4.jpg .

The inside bottom of the box has two marks that I can see. the mark on the left is the "lion" and the mark on the right is the "R" with some symbols above that are shown in the image above. The top inside lid of the box also has two marks, on the left is the minerva, but because ...

Hello, I've got a small silver box with hinged lid. It measures about 5.5' by 3' in by 1.25' http://home.twcny.rr.com/merb/silver-box-sm.jpg From what I can gather it might be of Dutch origin of about 1850 vintage. any ideas on what the box is or used for? There is an inscription on the inside lid, ...