"Silver Cutlery Set (forks And Spoon) By Joseph Dulaurier, Pau, 1778-1785"
- Two forks and a spoon- Hammered and engraved silver
- By Joseph Dulaurier: received as master silversmith in Pau in 1778
- Pau (France), 1778-1785
- Length: 20 cm; weight: 79g, 80g (forks), 73g (spoon), totaling 232g
- Fork tines slightly worn, bowl slightly worn, beautiful patina
- Provenance: private collection
- Set of two forks and a plain spoon. The two forks have the tines engraved with a monogram "BC" surmounted by a wreath of flowers (18th century), forming a set with the spoons bearing the same hallmarks and pattern without a monogram.
- Hallmarks (on the handle): silversmith: ID with three crowned grains of remedy for Joseph Dulaurier received as master silversmith in Pau in 1778 [Helft, no. 764d]; Identification mark (?): a cow, Pau, circa 1775-1785 [Helft, no. 764a]; countermark: crowned B, Pau, 1778-1785 [Helft, no. 764e].
- Ref.: [Helft] Helft, Jacques: "Les poinçons des provinces françaises", De Nobele, Paris, 1968
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