Beautiful antique handmade silver chocolate dish. Box is round-shaped and beautiful and decorated with a finely detailed ribbed decor. The box has nice complete Dutch hallmarks and is marked with silver hallmarks: Master stamp VKB van Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer Zeist. Van Kempen & Begeer used sterling silver. This means that this item is of 925/1000 pure silver. The mark of the silversmith who made the item. The master stamp of "Van Kempen & Begeer". Length is 14 cm. Width is 10 cm. Weight is 98 grams. Dish is in exceptionally beautiful and intact condition without dents. Exceptionally decorative, but also for everyday use. Chocolate basket made in Zeist / Voorschoten by the silver smithy Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer B.V. (master stamp crown above VKB above lying moon in square) this master stamp was used from 1961 to present day. This basket is also stamped with 835, which stands for 2nd grade content silver and with the silver mark ZII (silver, 2nd grade content silver) this hallmark was used for content marks since 1-9-1953 for objects offered in complete condition. The hand sawn chocolate basket has a pearl rim along the top and a fillet edge along the bottom. The basket which was made in the second half 20th century weighs 98 grams and is 14 cm long. Bv Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer is an old and well-known Dutch company. The founder of the company concentrated on small silverware such as book locks, buckles and button purses. Over the centuries, new items were regularly added to the product line. This resulted in their current collection. On the one side, Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer was known for it traditional craftsmanship, and on the other, for modern contemporary products and production techniques. The foundation for Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer was laid in 1777, when Johannes Mattheüs van Kempen, born in 1764 in Utrecht as the only son of Pieter van Kempen and Margaretha van Sweringen, apprenticed to become a silversmith with Meester Den Briter. Johannes Mattheüs van Kempen was accepted as a master guild member in 1789 after which he was permitted to use his personal master stamp. The start of a centuries-old tradition in craftsmanship became a fact when his sons Pieter Johannes and Johannes Mattheüs also committed themselves to the silver trade. At the opening of a new factory in June 1858, the company of King Willem III received the predicate "Royal", after permission had already been obtained to carry the Royal Coat of Arms in 1841.