Obscure Dutch silver hallmark

[94Clusiere]

In the picture is a circular silver box with a relief lid. The first hallmark, the lion, is on the bottom outside of the box. The second hallmark, which I can't identify is on the outside lip of the inner rim. Curious to know if anyone has seen this before or has a better idea of the date (all I know is it is pre-1953).

[oel]

Hi,

We see the Dutch lion, used 1814-1953, next to a nearly faded Minerva head or Office Mark. The obscure mark (2nd image) is the date letter D for the year 1913. Until 1931 the assayers were personally liable for mistakes in the results of their work. Until 1931 date letters were considered to be their responsibility marks. When in the course of a year the assayer of a certain assay office was succeeded by another one, as a consequence the date letters of that office were provided with a distinguishing mark. Usually it was a dot, but commas, crosses and stars also occurred. There are a few rare date letters with two dots or dot comma; the result of two changes of assayer within a single year. Please have a look if you can find a maker's mark.

Best,

Oel .

[94Clusiere]

Thank you for the help. The maker's mark was obscured by a bit of tarnish... Here it is:



Appears to be ?GZS? but that doesn't show up in the Dutch database. Any thoughts?

[oel]

The maker’s mark is G7S in a sloppy regtangle with cut corners for; Gerardus Schoorl registered in the cities of Zaandijk/Amsterdam & Haarlem date registered 1875/1914

Your box with the old Dutch village scene; violin player, people eating & drinking with children is typical for his work.
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Oel