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- Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: A profusion of marks_Louis-Joseph Thomas tastevin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1322
Re: A profusion of marks_Louis-Joseph Thomas tastevin
When new marks were introduced in 1808, 1819 and 1838, makers were given a brief period, usually about four months, in which to bring in articles that had already been marked (and duty paid). During this period, these articles were struck with a special "census" mark. After this period, an...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:22 am
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: Can anyone help determine the country, manufacturer and years of work?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1840
Re: Can anyone help determine the country, manufacturer and years of work?
Italian, with the marks used during the Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples, which covered the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Although the Kingdom existed from 1805 to 1815, the marks weren’t introduced until 1808 and continued use until 1823 (long after the French occupation); these latter dates ...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:22 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: 18th century ???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2250
Re: 18th century ???
The marks are consistent with Paris marks, with the charge mark for small silver pieces used by fermier Julien Alaterre 1768-1774, during which time the jurande mark "G" was used July 1770 to July 1771. Unfortunately, the maker's mark is too worn to read; there also should be a decharge ma...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:20 am
- Forum: General Questions
- Topic: Tastevin estetic abrasion attempt?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2541
Re: Tastevin estetic abrasion attempt?
The punched letters used to put the owner's name on tastevins (and other pieces in the early 19th century) were difficult to remove as they were too deep to polish out without excessively thinning the rim of the piece. I think this is simply the obliteration of a previous owner's name using decorati...
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Tea strainer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1506
Re: Tea strainer
Lepicier veuve (widow) & Bouclier, rue de Montmorency 11, Paris, mark ("FB" with a blade of wheat and sickle) registered 11 Oct 1890 and cancelled 11 Feb 1892. The partnership was created on 8 Oct 1890 between Ernestine Victoire Marie Vivien (b. 1859), widow of Alphonse Marie Lepicier ...
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:16 pm
- Forum: German, French, Dutch, Russian, Scandinavian or Other - Single Image
- Topic: Help identify Maker's
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2353
Re: Help identify Maker's
The date letter "H" would be 1862. Not really sure about the attribution to Sachwall; the Dresden mark here was used by many different makers (at least eight other than Sachwall that I've noted). The maker's mark looks like "FE" or "EE" to me, so I think either Friedric...
- Fri May 19, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Limoges Silver Enamel Makers Mark
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1352
Re: Limoges Silver Enamel Makers Mark
Very worn, but I think probably Pierre Francois Queille; see forum posts Some French Advertisements and Information: Queille and Silver Goblet Identity
- Mon May 15, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Question on this very English coat of arms
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3185
Re: Question on this very English coat of arms
The dexter baron (i.e. husband’s) arms are those of Haywood: argent, three torteaux in bend between two bendlets gules, all within a bordure of the last (crest: on the stump of a tree, a falcon rising, proper), thus Haywood impaling Vernon. These are the arms of Francis Haywood (1794-1858) of Sillin...
- Sun May 14, 2023 9:36 pm
- Forum: Website Updates & Announcements
- Topic: A sad passing...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1985
Re: A sad passing...
That is truly sad news - he was perhaps the premier authority on silver conservation in the country. I can echo that my dealings with him were always pleasant and informative. Ave atque vale. I do hope someone will continue to manufacture his silver polish; it really is the best.
- Fri May 12, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: who is he maker? Paris 1809-1819 tastevin,
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2020
Re: who is he maker? Paris 1809-1819 tastevin,
These forums provide a great resource for access to references otherwise out of our reach. Alas, there is no digital copy of Arminjon online and they - volumes I & II - are monstrously expensive when they turn up on the resale market. I learned a long time ago to buy important silver references ...
- Fri May 12, 2023 11:43 am
- Forum: German Silver
- Topic: Perth Pepper Pot Maker
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4673
Re: Perth Pepper Pot Maker
Oh, dear. Don't let the Russian forum get wind of that - they will tear it to ribbons. It is definitely not Russian.
- Thu May 11, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: French 1838 maker
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1600
Re: French 1838 maker
This appears to be a post-1973 Minerva mark with a decade letter in the lower right, under the chin; deciphering this letter would narrow the date to a ten-year range. Unfortunately, there is no reference I know of for maker’s marks this recent.
- Thu May 11, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: who is he maker? Paris 1809-1819 tastevin,
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2020
Re: who is he maker? Paris 1809-1819 tastevin,
The maker is Louis Joseph Thomas [Arminjon I:02411] He was among the handful of makers who entered a mark on the pre-lozenge-form plate in the year V [1787], followed by this lonzenge-shaped mark in 1798. He was listed as largeworker at 31 rue St. Louis and later 28-29 cour Lemoigne. He is last list...
- Thu May 11, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: German Silver
- Topic: Perth Pepper Pot Maker
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4673
Re: Perth Pepper Pot Maker
Perhaps my focus on Continental silver is deceiving me here, but I don’t think this is Scottish at all. I think it’s German, specifically from the Schleswig-Holstein Baltic coastal city of Luebeck. First, the crowned double eagle in a circle is identical to the mark used under stewardship of guild m...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: FBD, unknown silversmith
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2406
Re: FBD, unknown silversmith
Arminjon includes the boar head with the Head of a Greek Woman as discussed in this thread: Antique French Oil & Vinegar Set ; a more specific article on the boar's head may be found here: The Mysterious Boar's Head Mark . Despite being described as such in several references, there is no eviden...
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:44 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Can you please help me identify the workshop and years of work?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1246
Re: Can you please help me identify the workshop and years of work?
The “M” in the Minerva mark indicates the assay office in Marseille, Bouche-du-Rhone; they began using this mark in 1865, so your piece must be after that. Although there is no reference which covers later 19th century Marseille makers, the Juge family of silversmiths are well-known. Jean Gregoire J...
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: FBD, unknown silversmith
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2406
Re: FBD, unknown silversmith
As the mark is in a lozenge, it is post-Revolutionary; this form was mandated by the law of 19 Brumaire an VI [9 Nov 1797]. Francois Boutheroue-Desmarais Born: 7 Aug 1769, Paris, son of silversmith Noel Cesar Boutherue-Desmarais & Angelique Pfaffe Married: Marie Francoise Lefevre (ca 1775 – 1835...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:23 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Paris 1787 tastevin, who is the maker?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1325
Re: Paris 1787 tastevin, who is the maker?
The mark on the handle is the boar's head minimum fineness mark for silver in use from 1838. But the "ancien regime" marks are, to my eye, suspect; they lack important intricate details, and are in fact identical (other than the "maker's mark") to those illustrated on page 273 of...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: French Silver
- Topic: Maker request on round French box
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1802
Re: Maker request on round French box
Charles Edme Picard Born: 12 Mar 1831, Paris, son of Nicolas Edme Picard & Marie Pauline Desplat Married: 18 Jan 1855, Paris, to Louise Helen Petit (31 Dec 1836-5 Jan 1891) Died: 26 Jan 1909, Charenton-le-Pont, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) He is listed in the 1891 voter list and in the 1891 and 189...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:17 pm
- Forum: London Hallmarks
- Topic: Seal Top Spoon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3514
Re: Seal Top Spoon
Piers Percival, in his article "Elizabethan London Specialist Spoonmakers", The Finial: Journal of the Silver Society of Great Britain , v. 14/06, Jul/Aug 2004, pp. 14-21, makes an argument that at this time - the second decade of the 17th century - this specific mark (with the cusped outl...