Set Of Six Silver Skewers By Louis Hugonnet, Toulon, 1779

-  Set of six hachelets or brochettes
-  Hammered silver
-  By Louis Hugonnet: received master goldsmith on September 6, 1749, until 1793
-  Toulon, 1779
-  Length: 21cm (overall); weight: 126 g
-  Very good condition

-  Long silver skewers ending with a circular cutout holding a free ring.

-  Skewers are essential elements of French service for the presentation of different dishes to guests: twenty-four “hachettelets” are described in the service of Louis XV at the castle of Louis XV in Choisy provided by the goldsmiths Germain, Besnier and Roëttiers. nine in the inventory after the death of the Duke of Aumont in 1782… These items are listed in the small serving dishes among the salt spoons, the small coffee spoons… Four particularly simple brooches by the goldsmith Jacques-Nicolas Roëttiers dated 1773 are listed in the collections of the Louvre Museum (Inv. OA11318-21).
-  Hallmarks (on the top ): Master goldsmith: L, H surmounted by a fleur-de-lys, small master’s mark of Louis Hugonnet [Jourdan-Barry]; charge: the Aix cipher interlaced for gold and small silver works, Aix, from November 18, 1774 to July 13, 1780 [Helft, n°33b]; warden's mark: coat of arms of Toulon crowned surmounting the number 79, Toulon, 1779 [Jourdan-Barry, p]; discharge: a goose's head for gold and small silver works, Toulon, from November 18, 1774 to July 13, 1780 [Helft, n°33c]; charge and discharge for the province, 1819-1838.
• Ref.: [Helft]: "Les poinçons des provinces françaises", by Nobele, 1968; [Jourdan-Barry]: "Les orfèvres de l Généralité d'Aix-en-Provence", by Nobele, 1974; [collective]: "L'orfèvrerie civile en Provence au XVIIIe siècle ", Musée de Marseille, 2005