Silver Plate By Edme-pierre Balzac, Paris (france), 1763-1764

-  Plate
-  Sterling Silver, hammered, cast
- By Edme-Pierre Balzac, Privileged Master Silversmith according to the Court of 1739, who became a silversmith in Paris in 1749 until 1781
-  Paris (France), 1763-1764
-  Fine condition, beautiful patina, blade marks
-  Weight: 546g; diameter: 25.5 cm
-  Provenance: Caumels and Quatrefages de le Roquette families

-  Beautiful and heavy silver plate with five contours, molded with a double ogee and flattened fillet, engraved with a coat of arms flanked by two lions surmounted by a marquis' crown, on the right azure with a silver dove, beaked and membered sable, enclosed within a rounded serpent or, and with a chief sewn gules charged with three gold stars. A sinister, azure with a gold chevron, in base a lion, with a gold chief charged with three silver stars, for Louise Jeanne Quatrefages de la Roquette, married in 1859 to Valentin Edmond de Caumels

-  Hallmarks (under the molding): Master silversmith: E, a star, P//B between two crowned points, received as master in Paris from April 3, 1751 to 1787 (Nocq, T.I p.60-61); Jurande: Crowned Z, Paris from July 13, 1763 to July 18, 1764 (Bimbenet-Privat, no. 459); charge: a crowned A with a laurel branch, charge of large silver works, Paris from October 1, 1762 to October 1, 1768 (Bimbenet-Privat, no. 445); Discharge (on the molding): a blooming rose, discharge for large silver works, Paris, from October 1, 1762 to October 1, 1768 (Bimbenet-Privat, no. 445).
-  Réf. :  Bimbenet-Privat, de Fontaines : « La datationde l’orfèvrerie parisienne sous l’ancien régime », Paris Musées, Paris, 2005 ; Mabille, Gérard : « Orfèvrerie française des XVIe, XVIIe XVIIIe siècles»,Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1984.