Featured Silver Needle Holder

Bought this Dutch silver needle holder
Looked like this..

And now like this



With the Dutch sword mark

And the maker's mark

There seem to be 2 or 3 letters in the mark. Any idea who the maker is(, @Any Jewelry @silvermakersmarks @DragonflyWink )?

 

Kudos on your pictures, Marote!

 

Nice polishing job

 

I started with polishing, but it was hard to get it cleaned. So this is actually the result of a backing soda + aluminium bath During the weekend I will go back to polishing it.

 

I was surprised to see my phone cam managed to get a good focus on the marks. Usually it manages to get a clear image of everything but the marks

 

It is a beauty. It is a holder for knitting needles, rather than a needle case (for sewing needles). The clip would be fastened to the waist band of the knitter.

The sword mark is the one for 1814-1905. I can't find the maker, but my guess is the maker is from Friesland or Groningen.

Generally not advised because it can damage the metal. This mat look is typical of the soda and foil method, but since it was done only once, it should return to its original beautiful silver sheen with a polishing cloth.

 

A few like yours:

https://haffmansantiek.nl/zilveren-breipenhouder-19e-eeuw-knitting-sheath-5296.html

One by a Frisian maker:

https://zilver.nl/breipenhouder-schedes/breipenhouder-beek.html

Turned into a brooch in the 20th century:

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/1473779894/antieke-nederlandse-zilveren

The conversion could have been done by Niekerk, who collected traditional jewellery and small silver items related to regional costumes and turned them into jewellery that was more in keeping with 20th century fashions.

 

https://www.zuiderzeecollectie.nl/object/collect/Zuiderzee_museum-8607

 

Already looking better after a quick polish

Turned sideways it looks like this

At the top I'm seeing an S, and at the bottom it looks like a T

 

jeweler's loupe + maximum zoom on phone =

Still no idea what I'm seeing in the mark...
Top left now looks like a sitting bunny
Bottom right a grazing cow

 

that's a stupid mark......but....I do see the cow and bunny !!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ah yes, the elusive 'sitting bunny - grazing cow' mark.