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I concur; I don't think that is a French census mark. Rather, I think it is the Swiss "Edelwiss" import mark used 1917-1937. I would like to see a clearer photo. Neither the style of the piece nor the "950" mark are consistent with early 19th century France.

Francois Auguste Grattepain

Born: 7 May 1797, Paris, son of Paul Jean Grattepin & Jeanne Francoise Poult
Married: 23 Oct 1824, Paris, Reine Brun
Died: 25 Aug 1871, Paris

Pierre Hippolyte Fournerot Born: 18 Oct 1804 [26 vendemiaire an XIII] Thil, Aube, son of Andre Fournerot & Anne Niot Married: 15 Apr 1826, Paris, to Julienne Eleanore Gervaise (1803-1873) Died: 5 Aug 1873, Paris Mark: PF + a goblet & 2 stars, registered 3 Oct 1833, cancelled 11 Sep 1857 Ref...

Kolberg Death Register for 1875, #88, records the death of Heinrich Wilhelm Beggerow, retired, age 77-1/2, husband of Maria Wulf, on 18 Apr 1875.

There was an article by Maurice Meslans in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of Silver Magazine - "Mississippi Valley Silver, Part 7" - devoted to this mark where he attributes it to New Orleans silversmith Jacques LeDuff (ca.1769-1821). Most scholars of New Orleans silver - including the late Pat Ba...

Francois Isaac Bertrand [later Bertrand-Paraud] Born: Jul 1787, Paris Married: 20 Sep 1812, Marie-Emilie Paraud (1795-1832), daughter of silversmith Pierre Paraud (1775-1812) and Marguerite Hoguet (1775-1866) Died: 19 Apr 1832, Paris, old 8th arrondissement He was a maker of liturgical wares whose ...

I work for an auction house as their silver specialist and I thought it might be helpful to add some context. I am not familiar with this Dutch site, but note that there are two sorts of online auctions: one which the sellers themselves describe and post their items, and one which posts lots offered...

Jacques Henri Fauconnier Born: 1 Mar 1779, Longwy, Moselle (now Meurthe-et-Moselle), son of Jacques Francois Fauconnier & Marie-Josephe Tissier Martigny Married: 31 Jul 1809, Paris, Esprit Celeste Adelaide Gaultier Died: 12 Jan 1839, Paris, old 10th arr. Arminjon [I:1750] has his mark as a larg...

Brosse & Cie, 7 rue Froissart. Paris, registered 29 Oct 1913

Louis Robert, 7 rue du Temple, registered 14 May 1917

Although partitioned to Russian after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Warsaw didn't start using Russian Imperial marks until 1852. The marks here look generally consistent with marks used in Warsaw ca. 1810-1850. I have seen the fineness in both lothige and zolotniki (as here); the former is far mor...

Louis Joseph Millerand, dit Bouty Born: ca. 1733, Grenoble, Isere Married 1: Adelaide-Joseph Blangy Married 2: Charlotte Magdelene Picard Died: 25 Jan 1812, Paris The surname is given variously as Millerand, Milleraud and Bouty. His probate is listed as Millerand, dit Bouty, for instance, but the r...

The Prague maker's mark is actually "RF" for Richard Fleischmann (1741-1822; Master 1768). The last digit of the date is lacking, but 181? is consistent with William's exile in Prague.

A search of Deux-Sèvres civil records reveals: Raymond Edmond Lozes Born: 27 Mar 1824, Paris, Seine, son of Guillaume Lozes & Marie Anne Gagniers Married: 26 Oct 1847, Cours, Deux-Sèvres, to Marie Leonide Delapierre (5 Jul 1823 – 17 Jan 1880) Died: 11 Mar 1878, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, age 53, fabric...

Jean Simon Deveaux Born: 2 May 1815, Paris, son of Jean Martin Deveaux & Marie Pierrette Hugonnet, dite Banquier Married: 10 Mar 1842, Paris, to Rosalie Jeanne Boutin (ca. 1821-1882) Died: 20 Sep 1866, Paris, 3e arr. Deveaux (note the spelling as it appears on all civil records I have found for...

Louis Jude Benoit; see this entry: Some French Advertisements and information: Louis Benoit

These distinctive Louis-Philippe sugar tongs are typical of Benoit's output.

Hope this helps!

The maker is Francois Pamphile Jozan; see this thread: Identifying Sugar Tong Marks

I must concur that this is a Georg Roth pastiche. The marks are demonstrably not that of 1723 Paris, an example of which AG2012 has posted. If anything, the letter "P" on your piece is in imitation of the Warden's/Jurande mark of 1784-1789 at which time there would have been no crowned &qu...

The first wife of William Eaton II was Lydia Bigley; they married on 19 Oct 1811 at All Saints, Edmonton, Middlesex. Her burial at age 32 is recorded on 29 Mar 1818 in the registers of St. Alban's, Wood Street. Witnesses to the marriage include Martha, Caroline, Eliza and Amelia Eaton, all of whom a...

Firmin Chrisostome Cauet Born: 23 Mar 1780, Arqueves, Sommes, son of Jean Francois Cauet & Catherine Guillain Married: 18 Apr 1801 [28 germinal an IX], Paris, to Anne Agnes Gau (ca 1778-29 Nov 1862) Died: 19 Oct 1826, Arqueves, Sommes Mark registered 1801/1801, 27 rue de Harlay and cancelled 20...