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"Helmet"-shaped sauce boat in 950 thousandths solid silver resting on an oval pedestal, underlined with friezes of water leaves. Magnificent panther's head handle, the leafy attachment chiseled with acanthus and scrolling flowers.
It is adorned in the central part with coats of arms: "d'azur au lion rampant d'argent, sous couronne de marquis, deux lions portants" perhaps for the CHAPT DE RASTIGNAC family, marquis de Rastignac and de Laxion; Lord of Montamat.
Hallmarks
• Vieillard 1er titre (French mark for solid silver 950/1000).
• Garantie de Paris.
• Goldsmith : Sixte-Simon RION.
Net weight : 448 g.
SIXTE-SIMON RION
Successor of the silversmith Firmin-Chrysostome CAUËT, Sixte-Simon RION registered his mark on 20 October 1807. He was installed at 27 rue de Harlay in Paris, then at 2 rue du Pont-de-Lodi and at 10, place Dauphine in 1824 and finally at 8 cour de Harlay in 1835.
Its warranty numbers are 1046, 2509, 3053, 3119 and 3402.
MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
• PETIT PALAIS, MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, PARIS – Gobelet – silver, Paris, 1819-1835.
• MUSÉE NATIONAL MAGNIN, DIJON – Plat (rond) – silver, Paris, 1809-1819.
• PRESBYTÈRE, VILLERS-COTTERÊTS – Ciboire (n°2) – gilded silver, Paris, 1819-1835.
• PRIEURÉ SAINT-PIERRE, ORIOLLES – Patène – gilded silver, Paris, 1819-1835.
• ÉGLISE PAROISSIALE SAINT-PROJET, SAINT-PROJET – Calice, patène – gildes silver, Paris 1824-1834.
• THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ARTS, CLEVELAND (É.U.) – Covered Chocolate Pot – vermeil, Paris, c. 1830.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• BOIVIN Jean, "Les Anciens orfèvres français et leurs poinçons", Paris, 1925.
• DOUËT S. P., "Tableau des symboles de l’orfèvrerie de Paris", 1809.
• "Almanach Azur" 1811 to 1822.
• "Archives de la Garantie", Paris, pl. d’insculp. n°14, 25, 29 and 32.
• "Archives de la Garantie", Paris, registre d’insculp. 1820 to 1840.
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