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To my eye, the piece appears to be an antique handmade solid silver piece, my gut says Spanish Colonial, South or Central American. That said, keep in mind that my gut is not always reliable and my eye is out of practice.
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Your sugar basket would date to mid to late 1860s, this was when "Medallion" decoration was at the height of fashion. It is also in the transitional period when the sterling standard was replacing coin silver usage in America. Manufacturers did want to draw the higher purity of the ...

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Hello,

See William Reynolds of Cork in the Irish Provincial marks section:
https://www.925-1000.com/IrishProvincial_09.html

Given the design of the tongs, think they are more likely to be the work of the younger Reynolds.

Regards, Tom

A bit difficult to read against the textured background, it would help with the ID if you would describe what letters you see in the mark.

Hi Jannie,

Possibly Peter Clarke Daniel, although I'd wait for confirmation on that.

Regards, Tom

Hi,
I believe the marks are those of Lawrence Twentyman of Capetown, South Africa.
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search.php?keywords=lawrence+twentyman

the same still applies to your last image, presumably of the marks

Hi Hose-dk,

Temporarily moving to Russian silver, perhaps someone here can shed some light on this Shebanov/Шебановъ mark.

Regards, Tom

Hello,
I can't speak the marks, but the cup form, decoration and construction technique all point to South American origins. For a good sampling of images of near identical cups, google - Bolivian silver cup.
Regards, Tom

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I've straightened out your coding as best I can, however the url of the second image was too adulterated to trace the original address. Please post the image of the item again.

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Hello,
Here's an older post that may shed some light:
http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 14&t=15070

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Hi,
I believe your box was made by Erhard & Söhne of Schwabische Gmund, Germany, and that it likely dates to the first third of the 20th century.
Here is a link to the google translation of Erhard's German Wikipedia entry:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org ...

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There existed Mano and Laszlo Latzkó, apparently court jewelers in late 19th century Budapest.

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