An example of the mark of Firmin Chrisostome Cauet:
Member 'blakstone' wrote:
Firmin Chrisostome Cauet
Born: 23 Mar 1780, Arqueves, Sommes, son of Jean Francois Cauet & Catherine Guillain
Married: 18 Apr 1801 [28 germinal an IX], Paris, to Anne Agnes Gau (ca 1778-29 Nov 1862)
Died: 19 Oct 1826, Arqueves, Sommes
Mark registered 1801/1801, 27 rue de Harlay and cancelled 20 Oct 1807; succeeded by Sixte-Simon Rion. He was almost certainly related to Parisian silversmith Nicholas Chrisostome Cauet (ca. 1755-1816; Master 1784), who was also from Somme.
47 rue Ste-Avoye, 35 rue du Temple, and 6 rue Portefoin, Paris
An example of the work and mark of Jean Simon Deveaux:
Member JayT wrote:
Your vermeil sugar nips are made of 800 standard silver as shown by the Minerva head in a barrel-shaped reserve.
The maker is Jean Devaux, maker of small wares in Paris, working at several addresses: 47 rue Ste-Avoye, 35 rue du Temple, and 6 rue Portefoin, using the same mark at all 3 addresses. He first registered 22 February 1838, erased 12 April 1851. His symbol was a table fork (une fourchette de table).
See Arminjon, v. I, no. 0711, p. 188.
Member blakstone wrote:
Jean Simon Deveaux
Born: 2 May 1815, Paris, son of Jean Martin Deveaux & Marie Pierrette Hugonnet, dite Banquier
Married: 10 Mar 1842, Paris, to Rosalie Jeanne Boutin (ca. 1821-1882)
Died: 20 Sep 1866, Paris, 3e arr.
Deveaux (note the spelling as it appears on all civil records I have found for him) registered the same mark again on 19 Apr 1851 at the rue Portefoin address; there is no cancellation date for this final mark, but he is last listed in the Paris directory of 1862.
You can see the assay office mark for the town of Niort in the top right of the Minerva head hallmark. The maker's mark is that of Edmond Loze of Niort
Member 'blakstone' wrote:
A search of Deux-Sèvres civil records reveals:
Raymond Edmond Lozes
Born: 27 Mar 1824, Paris, Seine, son of Guillaume Lozes & Marie Anne Gagniers
Married: 26 Oct 1847, Cours, Deux-Sèvres, to Marie Leonide Delapierre (5 Jul 1823 – 17 Jan 1880)
Died: 11 Mar 1878, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, age 53, fabricant de bijoutier, res. 30 Rue St. Gelais
Paul Brandt, well known Paris jeweler, will arrive in this country Nov. 13 on the Ile de France. Mr. Brandt intends to organize an exposition of his creations, which exhibit will be held at the Art Center, 65 E. 56th St.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st November 1928
The French police have also discovered the identity and arrested the three men accused of robbing a jeweler named Chabat, in May, 1924, in Paris. M. Chabat closed his shop for the night and left for home carrying a small valise full of valuables. Three men followed him, sprung out upon him from a doorway, beat him about the head and got away with the valise. A policeman ran after the thieves, who shot at him and killed an innocent looker on. One of the thieves said that he lived close to the shop of M. Chabat and was thus aware of his habits. The coup was thus easy to plan. Jewelers might do well not to regulate their habits like clockwork, but to make frequent changes in their hours, especially when carrying their stock home of an evening.
Charles Broudarge, jeweler, Paris, France, visited Los Angeles last month on his tour of America, where he called on his friend, J. P. Spitzel, president of the Gemological Society of Los Angeles. Mr. Broudarge is a member of the administration board of the Club Des Diamantairs, France.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - September 1938
The French Government recently honored Mrs. Jos. E. Judels, a prominent figure in Parisian jewelry circles, for services rendered during the war and at the liberation. For her activities on its behalf, the Government has made her a Knight of the Legion d’Honneur of France.
Mrs. Judels assists her husband in the operation of a jewelry establishment at 20 Rue de la Paix, Paris, France.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - December 1954