Help identify cigarettes case - FAKE or not !

[trantabv]

Hi there I want to buy this cigarette case from a local dealer, but I don't know anything about it - he says is silver but I have my doubts ,it could be alloy or any plated.
Also, anyone know what kind of year this might be and what technique used to make this ... looks like a press ! ..or is handcraft ?! how much will worth a case like this ?! I only have this pictures ..
if anyone could help much appreciate , thank you
Kind regards Alex

 

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[tamrock]

That looks like some kind of tiny silver purity mark, but I can't make it out. Maybe French?? I'm pretty sure it's a solid silver alloy of some grade and not plated. My idea of the age would be maybe late 19th early 20th century. It's very Art Nouveau in design imo.

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[trantabv]

That looks like some kind of tiny silver purity mark, but I can't make it out. Maybe French?? I'm pretty sure it's a solid silver alloy of some grade and not plated. My idea of the age would be maybe late 19th early 20th century. It's very Art Nouveau in design imo.

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thank you , yes looks like a Art Nouveau design , the guy told the marks are some kind of zoomorphic , so might be french since french have lots of those hallmarks ! ...thx again cya around

 

[tamrock]

I guess that's one way of describing the mark, but it should mean something. How much is the seller asking for it ?

 

[trantabv]

I guess that's one way of describing the mark, but it should mean something. How much is the seller asking for it ?

thx all for the info I pass , the dude didnt want to negociate ! - around 300 ~ $ - I found what I need in other place !

 

[tamrock]

thx all for the info I pass , the dude didnt want to negociate ! - around 300 ~ $ - I found what I need in other place !

I'd pass on that price also.

 

[Craciunescu M]

Looks like an Austrian, post 1922 hallmark. But the price seems a tad bit high.