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Hello Your coffee pot in the Empire style was made in Paris between 1809-1819 as seen by the silver standard mark. This forum has a good table of French marks: https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html You don’t show the guarantee mark. The maker is the well-known Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, silve...

Hello Your sugar sifting spoon has a silver handle, as indicated by the Minerva head silver standard mark, but the bowl of the spoon is silver plated indicated by the maker’s mark in a square reserve. If the bowl had been silver, the maker’s mark would have been in a lozenge-shaped reserve, and ther...

Hello again Guido How nice that you have objects by both Froment and his successor, Meurice. The symbols are very similar because it was customary for a successor to use the same symbol as the workshop he took over as a sign to clients of continuity and respect. I don’t know why Froment’s mark was c...

My pleasure Guido.
It occurs to me that the maker’s name Froment means wheat in French, so his symbol was a good mnemonic device.
Regards

Thanks for showing this interesting maker’s mark. In addition to the excellent info provided by oel, I can add that this form is called a timbale curon or curon for short. The mark on the rim is an oak-leaf discharge mark. All the marks here are in concordance: maker, year mark, charge and discharge...

Hello Guido Your cruet stand was made by François Froment, symbol an ear of wheat in a crescent (un épi de blé dans un croissant). No address is given. Froment, a wholesaler, registered in 1801, erased 30 September 1806 upon his death. Therefore, you have quite a precise date range for your object. ...

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JayT

Hello Colin Your snuff box of 800 standard silver gilt was made in Paris by Claude-Louis Jonquoy, working at 83 rue Quincampoix. Jonquoy first registered 1818-1819. This is his fifth mark with the symbol of an imperial crown, two crescents above, and one below. You have mistaken the crescents for in...

To clarify the dates of use for this particular Mercury head export mark for 800 standard silver: 1 July 1879 - 8 August 1973. See Tardy, p. 205. Yes, you need the first initial of the maker and/or a good image of the symbol above the initials to determine the maker. Good luck in your continuing res...

Thank you for the sharper image. “T” is for the department of the Oise, tax bureau in Beauvais.
Hope this helps.

Hello again In the maker’s mark reserve you’ll find a crowned fleur-de-lys with a grain on either side on every piece of 18thC silver or gold from Paris. In addition to the maker’s initials you should also find a symbol specific to the maker. Therefore the crown you see won’t help you identify your ...

Hello Here are some comments regarding your box: -Both halves of the box should be marked. -I don’t follow your logic that the majority of Paris makers’ marks beginning with A are for Antoine. You're leaving out all the Alexandre and André, not to mention Ambroise! -In looking at the index in Nocq, ...

Hello Guido
My pleasure to help.
Now you the full set of Lebrun’s marks - very nice.
Regards

Hello Guido Your cruet stand was made by Marc-Augustin Lebrun, symbols a weathervane and an eagle (un girouette et un aigle). Lebrun was a wholesale silver tableware maker and also a jeweller specializing in pearls and diamonds. He worked at 40, quai des Orfèvres, and registered marks in 1810-1811, ...

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Hello Your fork was made by Le Couvert Français, silverplate manufacturer. Their factory was located in L’Isle-Adam, France. They closed at the end of 1990, and had been in business for about 30 years. By searching a major online auction site, you might be able to discover the name of this pattern. ...

You're welcome. You can find a lot of general info about the marais in Paris by asking Mr. Google. Briefly: many silversmiths worked there in the 17thC to be close to their wealthy and aristocratic clients who were settling the area as it was developed. After the Revolution, the area fell into disus...

The Société des Orfèvres du Marais was established on 1 January 1963, filed for bankruptcy in 2015, and closed definitively on 4 January 2018. The company was originally located in the area of Paris called Le Marais, or marsh, drained in the 17thC. Thus reeds as a symbol for the company is an approp...

Thanks for the clarification. I guess species of bird is not as important as what said bird is holding in its beak.