Featured Gorgeous silver plated bowl

Hey folks!

Picked up this beautiful silver plated (I think) large dish. Struggling to identify the maker as I can't make out what the marks are. If anyone recognizes them, I would love to know more
There are stamps on the foot as well as something underneath..


Thank you so much!

 

If the mark is 1A, it is a British mark for superior quality silverplate. The M could be for Manchester. American makers sometimes use the 1A (or A1) mark as well.

Alphabetic symbols in the marks of British Silverplate (silvercollection.it)

 

gotta luv those sea creatures.,..

 

Given Erik's location in Eastern Europe I tend to doubt that this lovely bowl is from the US. The mark in the center of the rectangle appear to me to be LA or HA not 1A.

 

5th picture enlarged looks like 1A. Picture just after looks like LA. Maybe Erik can tell or get better pictures.

 

Disregarding the mark, those 'fish' look very Chinese to me.

 

Guys, I am away from home, but I will try to get better pictures for you. The mark is in the most uncomfortable place so it was hard to take a picture of it.
I have a very good friend from Sweden who has been in antiques business for 40 years, said quite certainly that it is in fact Swedish made, beginning on 1900s or late 1800s. He said he had a piece like that with C.G Hallberg makers mark and they are usually nickel silver.
He also mentioned that Hallberg could have copied the design and this one could be original from some other region.
A hard one, I really want to know the maker. I love this piece so much for some reason haha