Silver Crab // is it Spanish? - Salt Cellar? - Snuf Box? Caviar Dish?

[Silverscott]

I purchased this crab recently for not a lot of money at all; mostly because I love the design and thought it was quirky!

I am having great trouble identifying its marks or anything about it for that matter. I have a read a few things online that was suggest it is spanish but it really hasn't been clear.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please see images below.

thanks!
Scott

[dognose]

Hi Scott,

Welcome to the Forum.

We'll need much larger close-ups of the marks if we're to help.

Trev.

[Silverscott]

Thanks Trev! will do so this evening if i can.
will report back!
scott

[Silverscott]

Hi Scott,

Welcome to the Forum.

We'll need much larger close-ups of the marks if we're to help.

Trev.

Hopefully this one is clearer?:





thanks! S

[dognose]

Much better. It appears to be Portuguese, the mark on the left being struck by the assay office at Porto and indicating an 833/1000 silver standard:



This mark was in use from 1938 to 1984.

Hopefully someone else can identify the maker.

Trev.

[Silverscott]

Much better. It appears to be Portuguese, the mark on the left being struck by the assay office at Porto and indicating an 833/1000 silver standard:



This mark was in use from 1938 to 1984.

Hopefully someone else can identify the maker.

Trev.

Fantastic! thanks Trev!
Speedy response...

That gives me a good platform to find the maker... Thank you!

S

[Silverscott]

I was kindly helped out in my previous post with the Portuguese "Porto" mark and have since struggled to find the makers mark.

any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[Funkel]

Hola, me ayudaría mucho si me pudiera dar un dato para su identificación. Dentro de la marca tiene que tener una o dos iniciales puede mirar si las puede ver?



Hello, it would help me a lot if you could give me a data for your identification. Within the brand you have to have one or two initials can you look if you can see them?

[Funkel]

Creo que lo tengo, la marca corresponde al área de Oporto

I think I have it, the brand corresponds to the Porto area