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Large Silver Chocolatière - Paris, 1724-1725
Grande chocolatière
Solid silver [~958/1000]
Turned wood side grip
Paris, 1724-1725
Beautiful and rare early model
Very nice overall condition
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Height: 22 cm
Gross weight: 631 g
Net weight: 582 g
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In use from February 15, 1722 to December 1, 1726
- Charge mark (a crowned A interlaced with two Ls in figures) [BP n°341 p.112, Dennis II p.40 n°56c]
- Discharge mark (a sun) [BP n°343 p.112, Dennis II p.32 n°22d]
- Jury hallmark, from August 7, 1724 to August 9, 1725 (crowned H) [BP n°351 p.113, Dennis II p.115 n°364b]
No master hallmark (faint trace of hallmark on spout)
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Bibliography
BP: Michèle Bimbenet-Privat and Gabriel de Fontaines, La datation de l'orfèvrerie parisienne sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris-Musées 1995
Dennis II: Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver, vol. II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1960
Solid silver [~958/1000]
Turned wood side grip
Paris, 1724-1725
Beautiful and rare early model
Very nice overall condition
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Height: 22 cm
Gross weight: 631 g
Net weight: 582 g
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In use from February 15, 1722 to December 1, 1726
- Charge mark (a crowned A interlaced with two Ls in figures) [BP n°341 p.112, Dennis II p.40 n°56c]
- Discharge mark (a sun) [BP n°343 p.112, Dennis II p.32 n°22d]
- Jury hallmark, from August 7, 1724 to August 9, 1725 (crowned H) [BP n°351 p.113, Dennis II p.115 n°364b]
No master hallmark (faint trace of hallmark on spout)
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Bibliography
BP: Michèle Bimbenet-Privat and Gabriel de Fontaines, La datation de l'orfèvrerie parisienne sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris-Musées 1995
Dennis II: Faith Dennis, Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver, vol. II, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1960
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