Wedding Cup With The Patronymic Name Le Helchat - Goldsmith Claude Cornen, Morlaix Between 1726 And 1733

Patronymic wedding cup in solid silver
in the name of A. Le Helchat
Goldsmith Claude Cornen, Sieur du Restigou, received master in 1725 [Castel & al., p. 91],
active in Landerneau in 1725 and 1726 then in Morlaix from 1726 to 1734
Morlaix, 1726-1733
-----
L at the handles: ~15 cm
Ø: ~10.9 cm
H: ~5.5 cm
W: 145 g
Very good general condition. A micro-crack on each handle, at the level of the lower attachment point (see detailed photos)
-----
• Hallmark of the master goldsmith Claude Cornen, Sieur du Restigou: letters C and C separated by an ermine, fleur-de-lis, two points, crown [Castel & al., p. 91]
• Hallmark of the community of Morlaix, from April 10, 1725 to September 23, 1733: crowned letter I, flanked by two ermines [Castel & al., p. 56]
• Mark of charge of small works (?): small open crown [Castel & al., p. 56]
• Mark of discharge (?): a head looking to the left [Castel & al., p. 56]
-----
This wedding cup, sometimes called a collection cup, is typically Breton. The plain silver cup, of a perfect shape mounted with a hammer, is fixed by soldering on an elegant trumpet foot decorated by stamping with palmette motifs; the zoomorphic handles, of the dolphin model, are melted and added.
The MET holds in its collections a Breton cup attributed to Joseph Lucas, of the same date as ours (no. 48.187.14).
-----
Le Helchat is a surname found almost exclusively in Plouigneau, in Finistère, near Morlaix. Genealogical databases record the marriage of a certain Anne Le Helchat to Guillaume Prigent on November 8, 1734. Was it her cup? Mystery...
-----
Literature
Yves-Pascal CASTEL & al., Les orfèvres de basse Bretagne, Cahiers du Patrimoine 37, Rennes 1994