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Covered cup in solid silver, Empire. The body and the base are engraved with garlands of vine leaves, the cover, the lower part and the ribbed pedestal. The handles are decorated with stylized Etruscan lion heads. The grip takes the form of a blooming seed, on a radiant terrace in pierced silver adorned with a frieze alternating stylized papyrus flowers and ovoid figures in which are inscribed five different flowers and their foliage, such as roses, peonies.
Marks, on the cover and the body
• Hallmark of the Association des Orfèvres (1794-1797) (cover, body, pedestal).
• French "1er coq" Paris "mark A", silver hallmark 1st title used only for the year 1798 (body, cover).
• "Moyenne garantie de Paris", the numbers 85 reversed in mirror (body cover).
• "Moyenne recense" Paris 1809-1819 (base).
• Master goldsmith: "PC a Jerusalem cross and a shell" for Pierre CHAUVIN.
PIERRE CHAUVIN
Pierre CHAUVIN is a Parisian goldsmith specializing in all flat or mounted tableware such as dishes, plates, soup tureens, vegetables, sugar bowls, coolers, jams, mustard dishes, salt cellars and many other pieces. It is located at 15, rue des Mauvaises-Paroles.
Prefecture number: 991. Guarantee number: 921.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• ARMINJON C., BEAUPUIS J., BILIMOFF M., Dictionnaire des poinçons de fabricants d’ouvrages d’or et d’argent, Paris, 1798-1838, Cahiers de l’Inventaire, Imprimerie Nationale Éditions, 1991.
• BOIVIN Jean, Les Anciens orfèvres français et leurs poinçons, Paris, 1925.
• DOUËT S. P., Tableau des symboles de l’orfèvrerie de Paris, 1806.
• Archives de la Garantie, Paris, pl. d’insculp. N°13.
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