Travel Cutlery - France - 18th Century

Travel Cutlery
France, 18th century 
Mother-of-pearl, vermeil and silver 
Knife length : 18 cm
Gross weight: 48 grams 
(old restorations)
In its green shagreen case
 
Traveller's cutlery with mother-of-pearl ribs ending in winged scroll buttons, centred on oval vermeil medallions, vermeil bolsters with fillet decoration.
There are six hallmarks on the fork, including : 
- the doe's head discharge mark, used from 1774 to 1780 in the Metz Control Office under Jean-Baptiste Fouache
- master silversmith's hallmark "JT" centred on a fork
- census mark used between 1798 and 1809 showing the head of liberty: right profile of a young girl wearing the Phrygian bonnet.
 
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
 
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France, 18th century 
Mother of pearl, vermeil and silver 
Knife length : 18 cm
Gross weight: 48 grams 
(old restorations)
In its green shagreen case

Traveller's cutlery with mother-of-pearl ribs ending in winged scroll buttons, centred on oval vermeil medallions, vermeil bolsters with fillet decoration.
There are six hallmarks on the fork, including : 
- the doe's head discharge mark, used from 1774 to 1780 in the Metz Control Office under Jean-Baptiste Fouache
- master silversmith's hallmark "JT" centred on a fork
- census mark used between 1798 and 1809 showing the head of liberty: right profile of a young girl wearing the Phrygian bonnet.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

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