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No, this isn’t a French discharge mark. First, it is too large, and second, the placement is wrong. Marks on a pre-Revolutionary spoon would be on the back of the stem, not the front of the spatula. Third, it doesn’t make sense to have a discharge mark alone - indicating a tax obligation had been di...

The maker of your plate was Richard-Emile Agu, mark a horse head between two dials (une tête de cheval entre deux molettes). Agu, a hollowware maker, worked in Paris on rue St-Honoré, first registering a mark in 1805-1806. In 1813 he was on the Île St-Louis, terrain des Capucins. No end date is give...

The “Made in France” indicates manufacture beginning 1950’s to present.

Your spoon was made 1798-1809 of 950 standard silver in the French provinces, as shown by the standing cock facing left in an octagonal reserve with the number 1 underneath the tail. The guarantee mark gives the number of the province. I read 50 for Orléans, but the mark is too dirty to be certain. ...

Symbol also might be a bird in flight or a sheaf of wheat or a leaf or, or, or? For this time period there are over 3,300 Paris makers. It would be a very big job to look through these without at least one clue, such as an initial. For post-Revolutionary marks the standard list is: Arminjon, Catheri...

Thanks for the additional images of the maker’s mark. Unfortunately on my monitor the mark looks too worn to tell either the orientation of the initials, the initials themselves, or the symbol between. All we know at present is that the box was made in Paris after 1797. Here is how it works to resea...

As @dognose says, we’d need to see a clear picture of the maker’s mark in the lozenge-shaped reserve, or at the very least your take on what the initials are. This will tell you who made your tabatière. Are both halves of the box marked? Objects can be imported to another country any time after manu...

Yes, correct on dating.

Here are some comments about your Christofle silver plated spoon: -At 21.5 cm, or approximately 8.5 inches, this is a standard individual place spoon, not a serving spoon. -The pointed end is a stylistic rather than a functional feature, characteristic of the first quarter of the 19thC. Thus a spoon...

This object is called a “hochet” in French. It is indeed a rattle with an ivory soother/teether at one end. The hare head in a right profile is the gold and silver standard mark for small objects made in Paris from 1819-1838. The poorly stamped initials should be the maker’s mark stamped in a lozeng...

After checking the reference for Paris makers - Arminjon v.I and II - your maker doesn’t appear. This is why I asked about the Minerva.
Good luck in your continuing research on your pot!

Is the Minerva head from Paris or the provinces? The maker could be either N.H. or H.N.

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Hello- All I can say at this point is that your service was made in Paris of 950 standard silver between 1838-1972. To find the maker, the first initial is key. I’ve checked my sources for F.B. and E.B. with no luck. Perhaps one of the marks on this set would be less distorted, allowing you to see i...

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Hello It seems that your service was made by Emile Puiforcat. For information about this maker see here: https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_E.html However, the lid of the sugar bowl is a replacement, made by Adolphe Boulenger. See here: https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_B.html All items a...

My pleasure to help.
You have a nice example of French 18thC flatware: it is well marked, and by a distinguished maker.
Enjoy your ladle!

Hello Sometimes you should listen to what people tell you! The marks are legible, but very dirty. Your ladle was made by Pierre-Nicolas Sommé in Paris in 1788. You have Sommé’s second mark of a crowned fleur-de-lys, two grains, initials PNS, and a hand holding a bunch of laurel leaves. Sommé had a l...

P.S. See below for the Christofle mark

https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_O.html

Wow - the mark looks quite blurry on my monitor. Nonetheless, this appears to be the Christofle mark for 950 standard silver used between 1935 and 1972: O.C. with a bee between the initials and 3 stars above in a lozenge-shaped reserve. To narrow the date of production you’d have to consult old Chri...