Silver Tobacco box, Amsterdam

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This wonderful empire tobaccobox is marked with the 3 crosses of Amsterdam. However the makers mark is not very clear because the V is partially over the makersmark. Maybe it is still recognizable? Thanks in advance!

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Hallmarks of the Kingdom of Holland 1806-1810, used till March 1812 when The Netherlands were part of the French Empire. Assay office Amsterdam, 10 for silver 10 Penningen or 833.33 fineness, year letter d used in 1811 till March 1812. Crowned V for large items; duty mark for foreign and other untaxed objects used 1814-1893. This duty mark does not give any guarantee of a precious metal standard of fineness. This mark has been used on metal with a 250 minimum silver content as a duty mark. This mark was destined for all imported, unmarked and invalid marked objects of foreign, national and unknown origin. Upon the invalidation of the hallmarks of Louis Napoleon's kingdom of Holland and those of the French Empire in 1816, this mark also has been used as a tax free census mark.

Example of one of the running hares used by Jean Anthoine de Haas

Maker's mark (haas-hare), running to the left for Jean Anthoine de Haas, registered in Amsterdam 1796-1835. He was born in 1757 Église Wallonne, son of Henry de Haas and Anne Benoist. He married four times, in 1773 with Johanna Christina Giesen and in 1785 with Martha Mercier, in 1804 met Geertruda Elisabeth Mercier and in 1805 with Petronella Smit. He became master silversmith in 1796. He died in 1835 on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam.
 Productive small tableware maker, boxes, braziers, bowls, utensils and teaspoons. In his city of Amsterdam, he supplied silverware to the firm of Bennewitz & Bonebakker, but even more so to the firm of As Bonebakker & Zoon. For example, in 1816 he made the table braziers as part of the silver tableware for the wedding of the then Crown Prince Willem II and Anna Pavlovna. He made communion silver for the Mennonite community of Deventer. Several silver objects made by him belong to the museum collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

His son Jan Anthonis, born in 1787, became a goldsmith. His son Elise Henri de Haas, born in 1791, became a silversmith and continued his father's business after his death. Elise Henri's son, Daniel Jan de Haas, also became a silversmith.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Anthoine_de_Haas
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Peter.

Source; K. A. Citroen, Amsterdamse Zilversmeden en hun merken. Netherlands'Responsibility marks from 1797 WaarborgHolland, Gouda edition 2009

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Many thanks Peter!