Unknown Maker SL
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:30 am
by Kirils
Hello. I have this silver 24 pieces fish flatware set. Unfortunately the maker is unknown to me. Is anyone familiar with with mark? Thank you in advance.
Re: Unknown Maker SL
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:36 am
by JayT
Louis-Charles-Simon Leterne (also Leterme), a jeweller working in Paris at 78, rue Montmartre was the maker. His symbol was a highway marker (une borne). Leterne registered his mark on 19 July 1871. No end date is given.
See Arminjon, v. II, no. 03694, p. 333.
Re: Unknown Maker SL
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:29 am
by Kirils
JayT wrote:Louis-Charles-Simon Leterne (also Leterme), a jeweller working in Paris at 78, rue Montmartre was the maker. His symbol was a highway marker (une borne). Leterne registered his mark on 19 July 1871. No end date is given.
See Arminjon, v. II, no. 03694, p. 333.
Thank you alot JayT for your help.
Re: Unknown Maker SL
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:25 pm
by JayT
My pleasure.
Re: Unknown Maker SL
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:42 am
by blakstone
Just came across this post. The maker here is actually Souche-Lapparra, whose mark was SL with a tree stump ("souche" in French). It was registered in April 1960 when the famous house founded by Antoine Lapparra was purchased by the Souche brothers and became Souche-Lapparra. They are still around, the mark still being used, and this pattern - called "Blois" - still available:
Orfevre Lapparra: Blois