Silver snuff box help id hallmarks pls

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Acapulco
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Silver snuff box help id hallmarks pls

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Hello

I have a what I believe to be a snuff box with 4 hallmarks. Could someone please help me to identify them I have looked through all the hallmarks that I have but I dont even think it could be French anymore poss egyptian? without clue to be honest. Much appreciated.

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Re: Silver snuff box help id hallmarks pls

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Most defininitely French, with the “Michelangelo” first standard (.950) fineness mark used in Paris 1819-1838, and the “Greek mask” medium-sized guarantee mark of the same period. The maker “CAF” is Charles-Antoine Fasquelle, a Parisian specialist snuffbox maker and bijoutier working from 1797 to at least 1822. The other mark — the “head of a Greek woman” — is an unofficial mark used by the Paris Association of Gold & Silversmiths.

Hope this helps!

Ref: Catherine Arminjon, James Beaupuis, & MichèleBilimoff, Dictionnaire des Poinçons de Fabricants d'Ouvrages d'Or et d'Argent Paris 1798-1838 (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1991), pp. 27 & 93, mark #575.
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Re: Silver snuff box help id hallmarks pls

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Many thanks Blakstone much appreciated.
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