Featured Octagon Shaped Silver Plate Box Help With Writing

Aldi sells it in season, I think. I'm not sure about elsewhere, but I swear they sell the stollen bites. The version I was taught isn't difficult; it just takes all day!

 

There's a company called Lebkuchen Schmidt that sells really big boxes of cookies. The tin boxes are beautiful. Never had the cookies. I know about it because I once found one of the boxes:

 

The Aldi stollen is quite good. The one with the marzipan filling is not to my taste but the almond and raisin one is wonderful.

 

Geez, I didn't realize I had this for so long, I finally got this tested today by a machine rather than scratching, it is sterling

 

And what was it again?

Sorry cx, I do know, but with Southeast Asian cakes, stollen, pasteis, lebkuchen, I thought this thread was about international goodies.

 

The box is a goodie too, but that pastry case looks like trouble!

 

Thanks AJ......I just gained a kilo......looking at that !!!!

 

Oops got something wrong

The script is Hindi
It’s a name of a person
Sardar Vitthal Ravsidhe

May have got his surname wrong the lettering is not easily readable

 

Thank you. Most inscriptions are something rather mundane like an owner's name, of course, but many people would like it to have a religious or other very significant meaning. A translation/transscription really helps.

@Tinytim, have you seen this thread? And would you like to add your translation skills?
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/calling-all-translators.27668/#post-368090

 

That is wonderful, thank-you very much @Tinytim

 

sorry AJ, I missed seeing this part of your post.
Would this be mid 1800 time period?
I found a similar one, hope the link works.
http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/a-solid-silver-indian-mughal-spice-box/311004

 

My guess is late 19th-early 20th century, but when it comes to Indian silver I am more familiar with Indian Colonial Silver, which is a different style.

 

Done

 

I noticed, thank you, we really needed a translator for one or more Indian languages.