Featured Silver green enamel cigarette case help

Hi all,
I inherited this enamel case from my grandfather. The family originate from Holland and Austria. Does anyone know anything about the age or location of this case of the marks please? I can’t see anything similar on the internet. Is the 500 with overlapping zeros lower grade silver? thanks for any help…….

 

not sure about cigarettes ....what size is it ?

nice case btw !!

 

It’s approx 70 x 55 mm.

 

That looked like an Austrian silver mark.

 

1920s-ish from the design. I'd think 2" x 3" would be a stamp or match case.

Debora

 

The hexagonal mark is an Austrian Diana head mark for .900 silver, looks like the one for 1872-1922. The date fits in with the guilloché enamel, which is often seen ca 1890-1920, although it has been around for a long time.

Probably a manufacturer's code. HS is the maker's mark.

 

Beautiful case! Did your grandfather smoke a pipe? Would make sense why he carried around matches.

 

I wonder if there's a striker on the side(s) we can't see.

 

No - the sides are just the same enamel

 

Forgot to add, this type of guilloché pattern in enamel is called 'basket weave'. Not surprising, but nice to know anyway.

 

Handsome color. I’ve never seen guilloche enamel in that color before. Almost looked like alligator leather on first look.

 

Google image search resulted in many items similar to this and every one is described as a cigarette case and they're about the same size. When cigarettes did not have filters, could they have fit inside this? At 7cm I'm thinking the early ciggies may have fit.

 

It wouldn't have held many, even the filterless ones. Waccy baccy sticks now....

 

it's possible, this one says 4 x 8 inches.....

but.... it has been my experience that these smaller cigarette cases , all open sideways , and several get confused with card cases....



this one is called a cigarette case.....but it's a card case....

.and this 8 x 5 cm , opens sideways and has the rings for a fabric strap.... so when opened...... yer stuff don't fall on the floor !

 

You may be in the ballpark with a card case, komo. When the OP said there was no striker, I was thinking it is probably not a match case.

 

This one for sale on eBay looks somewhat similar, except the hinge is at the side, not at the top. It has a similar look to it, though. As with any eBay link, you may have to play around with the URL in order to see it. Item number is 397648540351.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/397648540351

Seller says it's a snuff box, but I'm not sure about that. It is almost the same size as @Nic2021 's. I'm just mentioning it here because of several visual similarities. The one on eBay has some problems with condition.