An example of the work and mark of Georges Montibert:
G - Propeller - M
Member Zilver2 wrote:
The marks belongs to the manufacturer of tableware Georges Montibert. He was active in Lyon from 1930 until 1969. His shop was first located at 28 rue Notre-Dame and as from 1952 at 49 rue Germain in Lyon. The symbol is indeed a propeller.
The Jewelers workshop was founded by Albert Savard, in Paris, 22 rue Saint Gill.
First mark (example unknown) registered on 16 June 1883.
Second mark (example unknown) registered on 30 June 1884.
It became “SAVARD & Cie”, 23 rue Saint Gill, Paris; registered on 4 August 1905; ceased 18 January 1907.
Then it became a widow workshop together with her sons, on the old address 22 rue Saint Gill, as “A. SAVARD FILS” and where registered on 19 January 1907; ceased 24 April 1912.
With an interruption, followed as “Albert Savard” (lozenge mark ‘AS’) in 23 rue du Bouloi, Paris; and was registered on 28 November 1917, ceased 26 February 1924.
The mark belongs to the manufacturer jewellers & silversmiths, manufacturer platers and gilders Lenain & Fils
Active at 16 rue Dupetit-Thouars in Paris.
Mark entered April 29, 1920 and cancelled July 12,1929.
Symbol : two intertwined letters L (deux L entrelacés).
N° de garantie : 3106
N° de préfecture : 15935
An example of the work and mark of Etienne-Henri Sanoner:
Member JayT wrote:
Your attractive soup ladle in the filetpattern is made of 950 standard silver. The maker is Etienne-Henri Sanoner working in Paris at 79, rue Quincampoix from 10 January 1852 - 4 Septembre 1868. Yes, his symbol is a rabbit passant.
See Arminjon, v. II, No. 01588, p. 158.
.... Ernest Compère was the successor of Sanoner, working at the same address from 4 September 1868 - 9 October 1888 when his widow took over the business. In turn Sanoner had been the successor to Laurent Labbé (1829-1852). All three makers used the rabbit as their symbol.
An example of the work and mark of André Louis Langlois and Maurice Georges Langlois:
Member blakstone wrote:
The mark is “AM[conjoined]L with a glove” for brothers André Louis Langlois (1886-1959) & Maurice Georges Langlois (1890-1946), who succeeded their father Émile Léon Langlois at 23 rue Etienne-Marcel in 1924.
Maker's mark of the silversmith Ambroise Mignerot. Active from 1800 until 1817 at 9 rue Jean-Robert, Paris and at 62 rue du Temple, Paris from 1817 until 1818. N° de garantie : 420. N° de préfecture : 446.
Symbol : a gondola (une nacelle).
Successor : Denis Garreau.
Member blakstone wrote:
The original civil records of Paris before 1860 were destroyed during the Commune, but surviving and reconstructed indices show that Ambroise Mignerot was born in Paris 27 Nov 1759 and died there 12 Sep 1820, age 61. The latter notes that he was a silversmith, his residence was 62 rue du Temple (which is in the 3rd arrondissement, though the index states that he died in the 7th arrondissement), and that he was divorced from his wife, Angelique Cachelin.
Member AG2012 wrote regarding the mark on the left:
Rosenbergr (#6558) quotes Beuque Dictionnaire Nr 135 as an interim, unofficial mark by Association des Orfévres, 1793-1794 (letter P on the left), and claims it was used later than 1794.
An example of the work and mark of Charles Joachim Benjamen Dallemagne:
Member blakstone wrote:
Charles Joachim Benjamen Dallemagne, silversmith/flatware maker working at 11 rue des Orfèvres, Paris. He bacame a master under the ancien régime on 18 Mar 1786, registered marks in 1801 and 1807, and evidently retired by 4 Jul 1820 when his successor, Guillaume Clément, registered his mark at the same address. Dallemagne died soon after, on 11 Nov 1821.
“F*L*M*C” are likely the owner’s initials; it was common in the late 18th and early 19th century France and Switzerland for them to be stamped rather than engraved.
Hope this helps!
Ref: Catherine Arminjon, James Beaupuis, & Michèle Bilimoff, Dictionnaire des Poinçons de Fabricants d'Ouvrages d'Or et d'Argent de Paris et de la Seine 1798-1838 (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1991), p. 185, #1670
Rue de la Tixanderie 63, later, Rue Jean-Pain-Mollet, Paris
An example of the mark of Jules Wisnet:
Member Zilver2 wrote:
Hallmark of Jules Wiset (Wieze)
Bijouterie, l'objet d'art. 63 rue de la Tixanderie, Paris and later rue Jean-Pain-Mollet, Paris.
Marks entered : 2 November 1844, 18 May 1849 and 19 May 1849.
Marks cancelled :24 March 1849, 24 March 1858.
Symbol : a star above and a star under the letters JW.
N° de garantie : 4516; 5032; 5033
N° de préfecture : 4681; 5191; 5211
Source : "Dictionnaire des poinçons de fabricants d'ouvrages d'or et d'argent, Paris 1838-1875, by Catherine Arminjon, James Beaupuis and Michèle Bilimoff"
