Albi : Silver Basting Spoon With A Coat Of Arms, By Jean-bernard Vieuseux, After 1758 (france)
Artist: Vieuseux
- Basting spoon
- Hammered silver, engraved
- Jean-Bernard Vieuseux, master silversmith appointed in Toulouse for Albi, 1758–1798 (+)
- Albi, after 1758
- Length: 31.3 cm; weight: 160 g
- Good condition, slight wear on the bowl, beautiful patina
- Silver basting spoon in the “uniplat” style, with a wide filleted band on the bowl. The blade is ribbed and curved. The blade bears the coat of arms engraved in a rocaille cartouche surmounting a fleur-de-lis, crowned with a count’s crown: azure with three gold bars crossed by silver (?) arranged vertically (coat of arms undetermined)
- Hallmarks (on the shank): mark: ALBY surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, surmounted by a tower, Albi hallmark, circa 1740–1760 [Helft No. 1170b & Thuile]; master silversmith: VIEU//SEUX surmounted by a fleur-de-lis between two points, surmounted by a crown, master goldsmith appointed in Toulouse on July 24, 1758, for Albi [HelftNo. 1170c, Thuile Vol. III, p. 394]: countermark: a crowned bird, Albi, date unknown [Helft No. 1170d].
- Ref. : [Helft] Helft, Jacques : "Les poinçons des provinces françaises", de Nobele, 1968 ; [Thuile] Thuile, Jean :« L’ orfèvrerie du Languedoc – Généralités de Montpellier et de Toulouse», Théo & Florence Schmied, Paris, 1968
- Hammered silver, engraved
- Jean-Bernard Vieuseux, master silversmith appointed in Toulouse for Albi, 1758–1798 (+)
- Albi, after 1758
- Length: 31.3 cm; weight: 160 g
- Good condition, slight wear on the bowl, beautiful patina
- Silver basting spoon in the “uniplat” style, with a wide filleted band on the bowl. The blade is ribbed and curved. The blade bears the coat of arms engraved in a rocaille cartouche surmounting a fleur-de-lis, crowned with a count’s crown: azure with three gold bars crossed by silver (?) arranged vertically (coat of arms undetermined)
- Hallmarks (on the shank): mark: ALBY surmounted by a fleur-de-lis, surmounted by a tower, Albi hallmark, circa 1740–1760 [Helft No. 1170b & Thuile]; master silversmith: VIEU//SEUX surmounted by a fleur-de-lis between two points, surmounted by a crown, master goldsmith appointed in Toulouse on July 24, 1758, for Albi [HelftNo. 1170c, Thuile Vol. III, p. 394]: countermark: a crowned bird, Albi, date unknown [Helft No. 1170d].
- Ref. : [Helft] Helft, Jacques : "Les poinçons des provinces françaises", de Nobele, 1968 ; [Thuile] Thuile, Jean :« L’ orfèvrerie du Languedoc – Généralités de Montpellier et de Toulouse», Théo & Florence Schmied, Paris, 1968
570 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 15th - Transition
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Sterling silver
Length: 31.3 cm
Reference (ID): 1844980
Availability: In stock
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