Born: 17 Jun 1875, Paris, son of Emile Edmond Tirbour & Sylvanie Felicite Minard Married: 12 Oct 1896, Paris, to Eugenie Louise Julie Costery Died: 17 Feb 1951, Paris
Based on the description, I am quite sure that the mark is actually "QB" with a pansy and fleur-de-lys above: the mark of Quentin Bachelet. Quentin Louis Bachelet Born: ca. 1790, son of Marie Louis Bachelet & Marie Josephe Seraphine Goddard Married: 3 Dec 1816, Paris, St. Paul parish, ...
Born: 15 Dec 1806, Versailles, Yvelines, son of Pierre Gregoire Thurot and Marie Barbe Forgeron Married: 18 Dec 1832, St. Germian-en-Laye, Yvelines, to Adele Poncet Died: 12 Nov 1853, Paris, 8th arrondissement
My renewed apologies. The mark is PH with a tower below two crowns. And yes, very nearly all the marks are photographically reproduced in Arminjon. I'll see if I can upload a copy,
My apologies; I didn't notice your post count and see now that you are relatively new to the forums. Welcome! I was using shorthand to indicate the book Dictionnaire des poincons de fabricants d'ouvrages d'or et d'argent de Paris et de la Seine, 1798-1838 [ Dictionary of Marks and Makers of Works in...
The maker is Pierre Rene Thomas Hellaine (see Arminjon I:2970). I think this must be a rather rare mark, since it was registered on 19 Mar 1808 and cancelled seventeen months later on 1 Sep 1809, by which time Hellaine had died. I have found very little information on him, though his widow, Lousie A...
The mark is overstruck; it reads "Dehanne" above a rooster Pierre-Joseph Dehanne Born: 24 Aug 1751, St. Hubert, Luxembourg Master: 21 Dec 1785, Paris Married: Marie Elizabeth Boillerot (ca. 1754 - 5 Aug 1823) Died: 1827 Several of his daughters married silversmiths, among them Bazile Chena...
Etienne Henri Sanoner Born: 7 Feb 1824, Paris, son of Jean Mathieu Sanoner & Marie Genvieve Henin Married: 3 Aug 1852, Paris, to Marie Julienne Sanoner (18 Oct 1832-16 Apr 1907), daughter of Sebastien Sanoner & Marie Julie Rungaldier Died: 12 May 1868, Paris, 3rd arrondissement, orfevre, ru...
I'm not so sure; I think this might be the petit minimum fineness Minerva mark (in a conforming outline) that replaced the boar's head mark in 1973. Hard to say without clearer images.
Interesting conundrum, with persuasive arguments on both sides. I can add a few observations. First, the two Austrian tax marks, to my mind, are of little help in judging authenticity. If both the marks and piece are genuine, their appearance arouses no suspicions, as they would very properly appear...
This is the mark of Christian Schubert II (master 1689; died 1737), whose working dates are much more consistent with the style of the spoon than his uncle's, the previously mentioned Christian Schubert I (master 1644; died after 1651). Christian II was the son of Gottfried Schubert (master 1661; di...
I can add identification of the maker's mark to Oel's excellent summary: Ambroise Louis Joseph Girardot Born: 5 Sep 1785, son of Joseph Girardot, silver buckler & Marie Claude Chatelain Married: 27 May 1809, Adelaide Petronille Bouchard Died: 30 Mar 1849, Paris, 7e arr. Girardot, like is father,...
The smaller mark is that of Louis Cottat, flatware maker, 41 rue de Turbigo, registered 6 Sep 1865 and cancelled 5 Nov 1875. The firm had been in business since 18 Jun 1831 when Louis Patient Cottat registered (then at 47 quai de Horloge) a similar mark: "L. COTTAT" with the same device (c...
It is French, from Lyon; the maker is Louis Factory. Unfortunately, my reference has no information on him beyond the name, nor could I find any in a cursory search though available online records. Ref: Maryannick Chalabi & Marie-Reine Jaze-Charvolin, Poincons des fabricants d'ouvrages d'or et d...
Thank you for the additional images. The marks on the post-1838 second standard silver knife blades are to small or blurry for me to make out. The marks on the 1819-1838 first standard spoons (with the vieillard) is that of Cincinnatus Lorillon, a member of the large Lorillon-Chenailler-Soufflot dyn...
The maker is Jean-Francois Guion (also Guione, Guyon), who registered this mark around 1804/1805, 15 rue Neuve St. Denis (which is now rue Blondel). Arminjon does not list a cancellation date for him, but notes that he is still listed in the Almanach Azur in 1815. He is not listed in the Paris Direc...
It occurred to me that the mark as shown in the image is probably upside-down and is likely that of Pierre Philippe Rousseau; see his mark on the forum's index of French Maker's Marks for comparison. You can use the forum search function to find more information, as this maker has been discussed in ...
Not really sure of the cutler's mark on the steel knife blades, but Nogent, Haute Marne was a very important center for knifemaking, in keeping with the maker "A. Schmitt" having a "Maison a Paris" (i.e., a store in Paris). The marks on the silver are Paris, 1819-1838, for first ...
Nice! Your spoon is from Dole, dept. Jura, 1764/65, by Joseph Opinel. The marks are: 1) Addorsed C’s, crowned: Reconnaisance mark of the Bescancon/Dole mint, 1745-1777 2) IO over the Dole civic arms: Maker’s mark of Joseph Opinel, 1749-1794 3) Fleur-de-lys over an ampersand: Dole Jurande (Warden’s) ...