Please...silver hallmark help please. Turret?

I think it might be a biscuit box...I'm almost certain. Is this silver plate or sterling? How old is it and the origins? Thanks! (Cited from: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/please-silver-hallmark-help-please-turret.49535/)

 

Well, I don't see any known marks that would stand for solid silver there. And I'm seeing places in your new pictures that might suggest potential for wear to plating. At the moment I am more inclined to think plated, but if you give it a gentle cleaning and those places disappear, that might change my mind.

 

Thanks Bakersgma, I actually did clean it already before I took the photos. I suppose it is plated then, but is it Sheffield? Or some other country of origin besides UK? I've looked at silver hallmark sites, but somehow I get confused looking at them all, as it's not my field of specialty by a long shot. Any of them look familiar in the least to you?

 

I looked at all the Sheffield Plate marks I could find and none resembled what is on your item. I haven't seen anything like this combination of marks anywhere.

 

Thanks! How odd, I was sure when I figured out what it was, that it was most likely Sheffield. Now I'm back to thinking it could be Irish.

 

reminds me of Cork, Ireland...