Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

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Kirils
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Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

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Hello. Does anyone know who is this maker? JD with a fork. Thank you in advance!

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Re: Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

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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 addresses. He first registered 22 February 1838, erased 12 April 1851. His symbol was a table fork (une fourchette de table).

See Arminjon, v. I, no. 0711, p. 188.

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Re: Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

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Jean Simon Deveaux

Born: 2 May 1815, Paris, son of Jean Martin Deveaux & Marie Pierrette Hugonnet, dite Banquier
Married: 10 Mar 1842, Paris, to Rosalie Jeanne Boutin (ca. 1821-1882)
Died: 20 Sep 1866, Paris, 3e arr.

Deveaux (note the spelling as it appears on all civil records I have found for him) registered the same mark again on 19 Apr 1851 at the rue Portefoin address; there is no cancellation date for this final mark, but he is last listed in the Paris directory of 1862.
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Re: Unknown JD mark on silver sugar tongs

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blakstone wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:18 pm Jean Simon Deveaux

Born: 2 May 1815, Paris, son of Jean Martin Deveaux & Marie Pierrette Hugonnet, dite Banquier
Married: 10 Mar 1842, Paris, to Rosalie Jeanne Boutin (ca. 1821-1882)
Died: 20 Sep 1866, Paris, 3e arr.

Deveaux (note the spelling as it appears on all civil records I have found for him) registered the same mark again on 19 Apr 1851 at the rue Portefoin address; there is no cancellation date for this final mark, but he is last listed in the Paris directory of 1862.
JayT wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:29 pm 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 addresses. He first registered 22 February 1838, erased 12 April 1851. His symbol was a table fork (une fourchette de table).

See Arminjon, v. I, no. 0711, p. 188.

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