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by Mike133
Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:02 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????
Replies: 9
Views: 1468

Re: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????

Hello I regret the image of the maker’s is mark is too unfocused for me to decipher. It needs to be as sharp as the photo of the crest. I can tell you that the lozenge-shaped reserve indicates manufacture after 1798, and the silver standard and guarantee marks are for Paris 1819-1838. Without a bet...
by Mike133
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????
Replies: 9
Views: 1468

Re: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????

Hello I’m not really sure what your question is. Do you want info about the maker of your spoon, or the owner? If it is the maker, your images are too blurred to decipher. If it is the owner, please see the wikipedia entry for de Faÿ de la Tour Maubourg, a French marquis and later baron, who had a ...
by Mike133
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:06 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????
Replies: 9
Views: 1468

Re: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????

dognose wrote:Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Can you post a sharper image of the marks?

Trev.
I have tried to clean them so this is as good as it gets, sorry
by Mike133
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:04 pm
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????
Replies: 9
Views: 1468

Re: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????

Hello I’m not really sure what your question is. Do you want info about the maker of your spoon, or the owner? If it is the maker, your images are too blurred to decipher. If it is the owner, please see the wikipedia entry for de Faÿ de la Tour Maubourg, a French marquis and later baron, who had a ...
by Mike133
Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:07 am
Forum: French Silver
Topic: French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????
Replies: 9
Views: 1468

French Silver spoon from paris 1783 How made it ????

Supposedly this was a French silver spoon from 1783-1789. I have been told it should have belonged to the fam, de Faÿ la Tour Maubourg but I can find no evidence for this claim so I need the help of the experts https://i.postimg.cc/N0CyHv1z/de-Fa-la-tour-Stor-ske-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QtV8GBK6/...

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