Christofle Wine Bottle Coaster

[themichaelfrank]

Just sharing info on an item from a estate sale I’d picked up and gotten some info on:
Silver plated coaster, the pattern “filets fond rayonné” was in the Christofle catalogue from 1862 to WWI.

(Haven’t yet found anything yet on the center engraving.)
Cheers, Michael

[Traintime]

Looks naval and royal, so wiki for all HMS Unicorn vessels: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Unicorn
US submarine Unicorn seems unlikely with crown.

This is the variant CC mark with bee at bottom whose date was unknown. Might be threads on that.

[JayT]

The crown is called a mural crown. It is of Roman origin and often used by municipalities as an expression of their power and authority. Many, many French cities have a mural crown in their coat of arms: Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, and Saint-Lô immediately come to mind. My guess is that this is the coat of arms of a French city, a nautical club or a private yacht.

[themichaelfrank]

thanks guys, appreciate the leads on the engraving imagery.

Did not know about the mural crown. I'd mistaken it for something like the castle & towers icon of the Corps of Engineers.