Featured Unmarked Silver Case with 12 Ancient Vestas

There isn't a letter or figure anywhere on (or in) this case. This always puzzles me, as whoever made it left no indicator of pride in workmanship or material. I just don't get it...
I'm confident it's a silver alloy...but what percentage is a question. I won't bother testing it, as it'll probably become a gift, soon or late.
It's ~55.75mm x ~30mm x ~10.25mm; weight (empty) ~20gr.
The vestas appear to be a hard sleeve around a fibrous core, with the flame end barely larger than the shaft. I won't waste one to test 'em.
Any insights about all of this will of course be most welcome!
Thanks for lookin'!

 

the matches look handmade .
I'm thinking asian and the box may be 925 or better.......

 

When I read Ancient Vestas, I thought of something like this:

 

Well, not completely without any marks ... (ignore the red dot). There's a lion in the red circle.

 

Yay, quirky! It is Dutch.

 

Profound gratitude, quirkygirl! What an Eye!

 

So...it's a Dutch Lion?

 

Yes, a Dutch lion mark. The lower part is worn or badly stamped, that is where you can tell the period. But it is likely to be the 1814-1953 lion mark for .833 silver (at least .833, could be a bit over).

 

AJ, aren't those Vestal Virgins? 16 count...is the number important? What ceremony is shown, when, an' by whom?

That's quite a scene, with what seem to be portraits of individuals gathered somewhat informally for an apparently significant initiation...of, perhaps, the 4th from left, whose head is not so covered as are her sisters. Curiouser an' curiouser.

 

Yes, they are, but that picture is less boring than 12 pictures of the same ancient Vesta. Besides, Vestal virgins were representations of the ancient Goddess Vesta, so relevant when speaking of an ancient Vesta.

 

Huh? Only six pix...I try to observe th' norms here, mostly.

 

Well done!!

 

You didn't post six pics of an ancient Vesta, you didn't post any.
And I tried to avoid posting 12 pics of the same Vesta (Goddess!), because, as I said before, it would be boring.

Btw, you're welcome.
Oops, you didn't thank me for identifying the mark for you. Not the first time either, so this is the last time I helped you.

 

Ye gods an' little fishhooks! My sincere apology for egregious neglect of common courtesy. I do thank you, now, tardily...and promise to be much more prompt about that in the future.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, AJ. Please do not forsake me!

 

I’d heard tell of these dames “One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as well've been closed” but had never stopped to think much about them. Each one prettier than the next in that painting. It’s a shame they’re all taken. Seems like all they had to do all day between them was keep an eternal fire going. What a cushy gig. Lyric courtesy of Procul Harum.

 

Them were th' days, eh?