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by JayT
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: French maker's mark 1809-1819
Replies: 3
Views: 269

Re: French maker's mark 1809-1819

Thank you for this additional info.from your research. Yes, it would appear that they were partners, as they both marked. But it isn’t clear the role of each. Baudin was a plater, according to the entry in Arminjon, so I assume he did the gold plating over the silver boxes manufactured by Lecoufle. ...
by JayT
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
Topic: French maker's mark 1809-1819
Replies: 3
Views: 269

Re: French maker's mark 1809-1819

Hello Your box was made by Nicolas Lecoufle, maker of boxes and small objects in gold and silverplate, working in Paris at 242 rue St-Denis. He registered marks in 1809, 1811-1812, and 12 December 1823, erased 1 September 1831. He died 31 July 1830. Lecoufle’s widow, Catherine-Marie-Flor Torlet carr...
by JayT
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Small box
Replies: 2
Views: 7393

Re: Small box

Hello
Your images appear very blurry on my monitor, so it is difficult to provide help.
Regards.
by JayT
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Sugar tongs
Replies: 2
Views: 6987

Re: Sugar tongs

Hello
Please clean out the mark and provide an image that is in focus.
Regards
by JayT
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Egg cup
Replies: 3
Views: 877

Re: Egg cup

Hello
Please help us to help you by providing clear, in-focus images.
Regards
by JayT
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809

Hello Both chocolate pots and coffee pots can have side handles. However, if there is no opening in the lid for a muddler then it is a coffee pot. Opening the lid to insert a muddler before serving the beverage would be impractical and messy. The chocolate needs stirring before serving to suspend ch...
by JayT
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809

My pleasure!
by JayT
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809
Replies: 13
Views: 431

Re: Chocolate pot, Paris, 1798-1809

Hello The maker of your pot was Louis-Joseph Bouty (called Milleraud-Bouty, senior), initials LJMB, symbol a lily-of-the valley flower (une fleur de muguet). He made hollowware in Paris at 47, quai de l’Horloge. Bouty started his career in pre-Revolutionary times, registering his first mark on 23 Ja...
by JayT
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: German Silver
Topic: German sause ladle
Replies: 6
Views: 247

Re: German sause ladle

Hello
In France this would be a cream ladle, used during the dessert course to serve crème anglaise or other light custard creams.
Enjoy your ladle!
Regards.
by JayT
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French maker?
Replies: 1
Views: 168

Re: French maker?

Hello Yes indeed French marks can be tricky, made even trickier by your out-of-focus images. The top mark, CB under a Croix de Lorraine with a crescent underneath is from the Nancy jurisdiction, specifically Mirecourt, dating to the late 18th C. See Tardy, p. 164, second row. As for the maker’s mark...
by JayT
Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Please Help Identify - Any Leads?
Replies: 9
Views: 6971

Re: Please Help Identify - Any Leads?

@bijoux expert I’m puzzled by several of your statements: -French 950 standard silver is “flimsy” by comparison with French silver plate. In decades of handling French silver, I’ve never noticed this. Do you have a published source to back up your statement? -suggestion that the object shown is not ...
by JayT
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: 18th century French? silver knife
Replies: 7
Views: 339

Re: 18th century French? silver knife

Hello
Your knife isn’t French.
The writing is in Spanish, and could indicate a commercial enterprise.
Regards.
by JayT
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs
Replies: 3
Views: 278

Re: Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

Hello Your vermeil sugar nips are made of 800 standard silver as shown by the Minerva head in a barrel-shaped reserve. The maker is Jean Devaux, maker of small wares in Paris, working at several addresses: 47 rue Ste-Avoye, 35 rue du Temple, and 6 rue Portefoin, using the same mark at all 3 addresse...
by JayT
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: American Sterling & Coin Silver - Single Image
Topic: Mystery Hallmark
Replies: 4
Views: 267

Re: Mystery Hallmark

You’re welcome!
by JayT
Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: American Sterling & Coin Silver - Single Image
Topic: Mystery Hallmark
Replies: 4
Views: 267

Re: Mystery Hallmark

Hello
This appears to be Redlich.

See:
https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_R2.html

Regards
by JayT
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: German Silver
Topic: Paris 1723-24
Replies: 8
Views: 1020

Re: Paris 1723-24

Hello Agree with others that this sugar bowl isn’t French. The marks aren’t correct, and the style is a “pastiche,” a copy or mixture of 18th Century styles - everything from Rococo to Neo-Classical, all in one object, with some fanciful design elements thrown into the mix, like the handles. This is...
by JayT
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:18 pm
Forum: Gold Marks - Worldwide
Topic: Hallmarks on this old medallion?
Replies: 1
Views: 598

Re: Hallmarks on this old medallion?

Hello Your gold brooch is French. The mount is made after 1838 as indicated by the eagle stamp. The item also should be marked on the frame as well as the clasp. Can you find other marks? The miniature portrait is not necessarily from the same period. The maker’s mark appears to be in a lozenge-shap...
by JayT
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:27 am
Forum: French Silver
Topic: help determine the year of the snuff box
Replies: 3
Views: 956

Re: help determine the year of the snuff box

My pleasure.
by JayT
Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: help determine the year of the snuff box
Replies: 3
Views: 956

Re: help determine the year of the snuff box

Hello Your box was made in Paris between 1819-1838 of 950 standard silver as indicated by the head of Michelangelo facing right in an octagonal reserve, and the guarantee mark of a Gorgon head in an oval reserve. The marks of the Association des Orfèvres were used well into the 19th C, and are not a...
by JayT
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:35 am
Forum: Other Countries
Topic: Silver spoon, Country? Maker?
Replies: 5
Views: 1693

Re: Silver spoon, Country? Maker?

You’re welcome.

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