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Being unmarked makes it very difficult to identify it origin. The granulation on the surface took quite a while as it follows a basic pattern, some of the shot are missing. It would not surprise me if the base sheet and the are fine silver as that is the easiest way to do silver granulation.

Only if completely wrapped in a couple of layers of acid-free tissue.

It appears to be an eye-glass case.

What an odd idea. Maybe it was thought up by someone who couldn't remember what they had and it was their way of keeping things separate. They can co-mingle amicably.

I have been using them for years, never had an issue.

Very well said, Cheryl!

A match box holder, openings on the sides exposed the strike area on the sides of the box. Unsure why they had the glass cover, maybe to save metal or for ornamental box-covers?

The glass would have been deeper and wider, like an old-style champagne glass. the upper part of your piece would have just been for support.

It looks like a sherbert base, it would have a glass insert ( think wine glass with a short broken stem).

Depending on size, a decanter label. The ones with the chains look better but rattle a bit when pouring.

Stuller has a wide variety, you can google them.

Iced tea spoons with cleaning brush for the tube-handles.

Could be a model number.

I agree, stylistically it looks to be Persian or from that general area. It is odd to be so low in silver content. Below 40% pure, silver starts looking brassy unless the alloy is heavy in nickle and this would affect your chemical reactions colour. If you have you washed (not polished) the item it ...

It looks like a piece of beginning student work; fairly crude; not too well made. The mark is too indistinct to make even a guess at.

The ? initial is an S.

Actually Cheryl these were made as souvenir spoon blanks, I know Towle and sons, Towle Mfg, Meridiam, and at least one other (possibly Whiting, but my memory just failed me) made similar types as blank spoons for bulk purchase by novelty spoon companies onto which they could apply etched or engraved...

I have handled quite a few of these over the years, in 3-4 patterns by different makers. The spoons (teaspoons and demi-tasse) were bought and engraved afterward. I have seen both dated and non-dated versions and a variety of engraved designs. It appears there were several sellers at the fair and th...

Therein lies the rub. Most curators fear any possible questioning of attribution... It would need to have private input.

Maybe I should put some idea on paper. I have taught this method to quite a few over the years.