CHRISTOFLE, CHARLES (French). Goldsmith and Silversmith, born in Paris on 25, October 1805, died there on 13, December 1863 ; founder of the important Silversmith Works of Christofle & Co. in Paris; after his death, his son Paul (1838-1907) and nephew Henri Bouilhet (1830-1910) undertook the direction.
The firm has edited at various times medals and plaquettes, and employed some of the foremost French artists, as Carrier-Belleuse, Roty, Coutan, Moreau, Gautherin, Falguiere, Jacquemart, Delaplanche, Mallet, Jules Cheret, and others.
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists - 1923
This pattern appears on p. 20 of the Christofle (1914) catalog, Couverts et Orfevrerie Argentés, as Modèle No. 5208, "Louis XVI, Rubans Croisés." (It is similar to, but not the same as, Modèle No. 5307, "Louis XVI, Filets & Rubans," on p. 28 of the same catalog.)