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To add to Bahner’s excellent post, the letters on either side of the centaur are OE for Orfèvrerie Ercuis.

Ercuis is still in business today, and you might contact them through their corporate website to find the name of this pattern, which is no longer in production.

Good luck in your research!

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Yes, your fork is made of 950 standard silver as seen by the Minerva head in an octagonal reserve, and the maker is Hénin & Cie. See the links below on this website for details.

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

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

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Believe this to be the mark of Charles Grappe, working in Paris at 16 rue Michel-le-Comte.
Initials CG, symbol a bunch of grapes (une grappe de raisin). Grappe registered 28 February 1905, erased 25 May 1923.
See the French Ministry of Culture website.
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Please use the search function using Hippolyte-Pierre Bompard for your answer.
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“Fred” would have had to go through an apprenticeship and then worked as a journeyman under the direction of a master for many years before he was entitled to apply to become a master. The time varied by country, but as an example, in pre-Revolutionary France, this would have been 8-10 years. Many d...

Agree completely with Peter’s remarks, and would add that even before industrialization of silver manufacture, large workshops existed where dozens of workers or subcontractors produced items, but only the master assumed responsibility by stamping his mark, even if he never touched the object during...

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Hello Your chatelaine was made of 800 standard silver in the French provinces between 1819-1838. You have the silver standard mark with a Greek head in a barrel shaped reserve, and the guarantee mark of a head in an oval reserve with a digit to either side of the neck, that I can’t make out on my mo...

This looks to be a signature: W and a heart for William de Hart. What do you think?

Thanks Trev for providing a connection so that everyone can join the party around the little egg spoon!
A “you’re welcome” goes out to Silverfan from me.
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In looking at your spoon again, in a continuing dialog with myself, I think it was once part of an egg cruet. The pattern and design appears to be on the front of the spoon only, indicating that the spoon was displayed in the cruet facing out. See Google for pictures of egg cruets for illustrations.

Here are my thoughts, as requested. -Sorry you didn’t find the search function helpful. -This is a fruit set, as indicated by the silver knife blades and 3-tined forks. -The retailer is Kendall-Touron, an upscale jeweller. -The maker is Georges Gallois, mark registered 11 February 1908, erased 5 Jul...

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Your images of the marks are too blurry on my monitor to be certain of anything. However, I suggest you use the search function on the top right corner of your screen with the term Touron to see some posts that might be helpful.
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Hello The shape of the bowl, the gilding inside, and the length indicate that this is an egg spoon. The Gordian knot pattern has been popular in France since the 18th C. This particular example has additional floral engraving on what is usually a sober design. Your spoon is earlier than you have tho...

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This form is called a chicha cup or quiru. It is a reproduction of an Inca drinking vessel, likely made for the tourist trade.
Sorry can’t help with the maker.
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My pleasure to help. Yes, marks on silver are very informative. The makers aren’t all from the Miston family, as you can see by their initials, which don’t end in M. Your flatware is from different makers and different time periods. You have a mix of 18thC and 19thC. For example, the still (alambic)...

P.S. Here is info about Pierre Miston (1697-1757). Miston was the son of a silversmith also named Pierre (1662-1721) and Jeanne Figuet. He began to work in 1724 using his father’s mark. After his father’s death, his mother gave him all his father’s tools as a wedding gift when he married Jeanne Orio...

Hello Thank you for your clear pictures. Your flatware is not from Strasbourg or from Paris, but rather Montpellier. In order, top to bottom, your 4 marks are: a random 18thC counter mark; the silver standard and date letter mark (maison commune) of a crowned B for 1729 over MPL for Montpellier; a c...