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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 109262, member: 44&quot;]The silver box has one of those Dutch/Flemish tavern scenes that was a popular genre in Northern Europe. The mark of a T in a circle may be German city mark? The German cities of Breslau used a plain T in a circle from 1849-1869 as well as the city of Torgau in the 17th century. If this box is early German it should have a Loth stamp. After 1886 German silver had to have a maker&#039;s mark, finesse in figures and&nbsp; the German mark of moon and crown if the silver fineness was .800 or more. Do look the box over carefully for other stamps/markings. Sometimes marks can be mixed in with the design. Trentschin, Austria-Hungary used this same type of T in circle in the 17th and 18th century, but with a dot before and after the T. Austria-Huntary also sed loth markings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what the other mark is. It doesn&#039;t appear to be a loth mark. It may have letters on it like D C with something between them?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some German markings before and after 1886:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_marks.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some Austrian hallmarks marks, the earliest ones are not online yet:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_menu.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_menu.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Faustria_menu.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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