Silver box - China?

[sebastian4743]

I do have a silver box that I would like to identify. Might it come from China? Any information would be much appreciated, thank you!

[sebastian4743]

Is it even China? I hope someone can help solve this puzzle...

[RedMask]

Chinese straits?
Left column - 紋良

See also viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38111&p=103186&hil ... AF#p103186

[MGArgent]

Great find RedMask, this mark certainly looks like the mark in the previous topic.

When I enter "紋良" into google translate, it spits out "Wenliang" as the English translation (appears to be a name?). Is anyone able to verify that this does indeed mean "fine quality" silver as stated in the previous topic? Assuming it does translate to "fine quality" silver, there is a good chance the other mark is the name of the silversmith.

For reference the Chinese marks I have come across for fine/sterling silver are:

纯银 "pure silver"
純銀 "pure silver"
足銀 "pure silver"

Note that in this case "pure silver" often does not indicate 0.999 silver. The examples I have seen are in the range of 0.800 to 0.925.

[MGArgent]

Just wanted to add that entering the characters separately into google translate gives the following results:

紋 "Pattern"
良 "good"