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Silver Reliquary

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:57 am
by apolonius
Hi There.

Can anyone help identify this makers mark from a reliquary, which I am assuming is french?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Silver Reliquary

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:40 pm
by Francais
Amédée BACOUEL 22 rue du Bourg-l'Abbé, Paris started 1849 mark is AB and a Bacchus astride a barrel.
An odd choice of a mark for someone making reliquaries. Evidently it is of St. Vincent de Paul whose tomb is in the chapelle of the same name in Paris.
Maurice

Re: Silver Reliquary

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:43 pm
by apolonius
Thanks so much for your response, really helps me out. Indeed it's ironic that an admirer of Bacchus was making reliquaries. Thanks again!