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Antwerp 1774, I don't know the maker.
Given your location that might fit. Stylistic that looks correct aswell.

There is a specialist on "gilde zilver" in Tilburg that I could get you in touch with.
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Tardy says it is .600 from Alexandria, but according to my Maroccan neighbours he got that wrong and it is indeed the mark from Cairo as Tom said.
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It's assayed in London with the crown and 18 mark.
Adam asked this on a gemology forum and I didn't know the maker.
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Another theory is that it is a wedding cup, bride and groom needed to drink from the cup simultaneous.
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A notary traveling kit?
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833/000 (934/000 if there is another mark with a crowned lion).
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The german text indicates that it is a birth medaillon for Carl Christian Mosser(?), born 20th April 1769 at 1AM.
The booklet seems to list military abbrevations.
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It's Dutch.

The maker is Rutgerus Memeling, the stork is the town mark of Den Haag (The Hague) and the dateletter is that of 1772.
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It is 800/000 silver made in Egypt.
The mark is not the makers mark.

Hi, Made by the firm Zilverstad in Schoonhoven, The Netherlands. See also http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10052&highlight=zilverstad" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The initials are for Zilverstad, the crown is to indicate that they have a royal status (giv...

Hi, I should have recognized the mark as I lived there for 4 years. They still excist: http://www.zilverstad.nl/cms/publish/content/showpage.asp?themeid=18" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The primary gold-silversmithing school is in Schoonhoven and although there are not as ...

Thanks Tom,

Maybe the mystery, that I assigned to it in my mind, just adds to the charm of the brooch. Sounds good to me.
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Hi, I'm wondering about the 15ct mark on this piece. Carling mentioned, through private communication, that it is possible that the item was exported to Australia and therefor doesn't carry the English hallmarks. But he has seen this type of marking on other similar pieces in England (maybe due to e...

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Your initial findings were correct.

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Otherwise known as a tastevin.
An outline of French marks is given on site at http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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It is 833/1000 silver made in 1858, but can't make out the town or the marker's mark.
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Hi, It is indeed Dutch, probably made around the last quarter of the 19th century in Groningen. Only the lion is an official stamp (833/000, used between 1814 and 1953). The rest are pseudo-marks for (from left to right) a maker's mark (mimicing the mark of Epke Hoytes), the city mark of Utrecht and...

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Chocolate (the handle on the pot is the main clue).
Typically there would be a rod in the knob of the pot, named a moussoir, but that is not always present (or lost). I don't think it's there in your set.

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Those do not appear to be Dutch hallmarks, probaly pseudo-marks.

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The style is that of around 1940.
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