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The coat of arms displayed in that manner do point out to a married couple so it might indeed be a wedding gift or commissioned by the newly wed couple. I would assume that the coat of arms are genuine. Fantasy ones would probably have some more obvious elements like lion or eagle or just be rather ...

Duty mark is missing too. Small items like tea spoons and sugar tongs didn't have town mark until 1820 (if I remember the year correctly) but the duty mark was always required. I agree that the decoration appears to be made later (it resembles Hanau silver from late 19th / early 20th century) and th...

MAB stands for Matsilver AB. Mat=food and AB=aktiebolaget=limited company. Not sure if it's U8 though. Based on your picture it could be E8. But anyway it think that 1930's-1940's is the correct time period.

E.G. Webster & Son, see: https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_W2.html

Year letters varied from town to town so there isn't any standard font for the letters which would have significance like in English hallmarks. For example the letter and the number could have been punched separately far from each other and in different order (like 2 Y), sometimes V and W were used ...

Michael Olof Barkman, Varberg, Sweden, Q3=1822.

Yes, it looks to me that those are the German marks (crescent moon and crown) used from 1886, but Hanau makers have used them too so those marks don't exclude Hanau. The item might be intended to be used as a vase but match safe could be equally valid purpose. Or just a decorative piece.

The style looks very much like Hanau silver (you can find similar items with Google) but unfortunately the (pseudo) hallmarks are rather worn. Could bigger one could be the crowned face used by Gebrüder Dingeldein: https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_hanau_marks_01.html

That portrait does look very similar indeed. George II had strong German heritage and connections so for British market one could sell the box with a portrait of King George and for German market with a portrait of Kurfürst von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (=Hannover).

Just guessing but how about George II of Great Britain? Looks somewhat similar and he is often depicted facing left like in the box. I think Hanau silver was exported to Britain which could explain the choice of the monarch. Do the hallmarks give any clues?

I was commonly used instead of J in initials. In fact J has a somewhat short history and for example ancient Romans and Latin didn't have it at all. For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J "Originally, 'I' and 'J' were different shapes for the same letter"

Any change the first letter to be I? Then it could be IM for James Mince, 1790..1803 (registered Feb 1790), and his mark was oval.

That kind of monogram is usually used for a married couple so the letter on the top is for their last name. In this case it could be for example "Owen, Matthew & Charlotte".

I found this on digitaltmuseum.no: https://digitaltmuseum.no/021026107020/skje

Børs, Torbjørn Ludvig Synnestvedt (1819 - 1888)
Norge Hordaland Bergen

The first mark could be year, maybe (18)60.

Not Danish but Norwegian. NM means "Norskt Mönster" and the mark in the middle is probably for Kunst og Metallindustri, Trondheim. The spoons are commemorating St. Olaf, King of Norway, and the chuch depicted is the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

Looks like Emil Hermann, see: https://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks_a1884_4.html

If you use Google image search "emil hermann silber" you can find similar glass items.

Smørbukk is just the name of the flower (Hylotelephium maximum) There seems to be a caramel named Smørbukk too although I don't think it has anything to do with the spoon. And there's also a fairy tale called Smørbukk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttercup_(fairy_tale) It could be the name of the ...

Looks more like Ela and when searching that I found this short thread: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21477 Unfortunately the pictures can't be seen anymore but if you use Google search for Egon Lauridsen, Copenhagen, you can find similar items. But don't know much about Danish silve...

The maker's mark has probably just worn due to polishing and maybe it was initially also struck poorly. It's impossible to know the maker because spoons are the most common type of silverware. All other marks are there except the duty mark (soveraign's head) because it was introduced in 1784 and the...

Is there any chance of the 3rd digit of 1703 to be anything other than 0? Like 6 or 8. This would be much more appropriate to the style of the spoon. Also the properly engraved initials appear to be the original ones and BM (?) and 1703 are made later. One explanation could be that they are made by ...