[/url]Antique Tastevin Wine Tasting Cup - Need help w/ ID
Antique Tastevin Wine Tasting Cup - Need help w/ ID
This cup was attained during WWII in Germany. I have not been able to ID the hallmarks - can someone help? Thanks. The one hallmark shows a right slanted 99 below a crown, below that is an O or a 0 and the bottom part of the mark is J S with a dot between the J and S. One of the other marks shows a P below a crown and the third hallmark is a hand.
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Dear.... mr Seeker !
The wine taster you have is of french origin. and 18th century.
The easiest mark to recognise is the hand with probably the two last numbers of the date on each side of the hand.
It is called a 'Poinçon de maison commune', ' maison commune = Silversmiths house and it is a guanrantee mark for the standard of silver.
This mark was used for the city of Mâcon since 1784 ( Réforme de Bernier) - a Law reformation in 1784 by Mr Bernier, and which means that the former city mark (which was a letter) changed to this one (which is a symbol) and was used till the revolution time in France.
As tou know , Mâcon, is a wellknown center for wine. Near Dijon.
The other mark you describe with the two letters JS at the bottom of the mark, is the makers mark.
In its upper part beneath the crown, in fact you have 3 barrels, (2 above 1) and beneath: the letters J S and a point between the two letters.
This is the makers mark of: Jean Soldat, who first started in 1765.
It is thus normal to find three barrels in a maker's mark for a silversmith working in Mâcon.
In the middle of the bottom of the wine taster, you find a dot, point, which is the centering point of the object.
The Lettre P, is the 'Poinçon de Charge' for the Juridiction, region of Dijon.
'Poinçon de charge' means that this object has been registered for the payment of the duty, and so it wears a first duty mark.
There is probably a smaller mark on the side of the Wine taster, could be a leaf, that means that the duty has been paid.
So, you are a lucky person with a wine taster, from french origin, 18th century, city Mâcon, near Dijon, dated around the 1784 to 1789.
I hope you are happy finding what it is.
Martine
The wine taster you have is of french origin. and 18th century.
The easiest mark to recognise is the hand with probably the two last numbers of the date on each side of the hand.
It is called a 'Poinçon de maison commune', ' maison commune = Silversmiths house and it is a guanrantee mark for the standard of silver.
This mark was used for the city of Mâcon since 1784 ( Réforme de Bernier) - a Law reformation in 1784 by Mr Bernier, and which means that the former city mark (which was a letter) changed to this one (which is a symbol) and was used till the revolution time in France.
As tou know , Mâcon, is a wellknown center for wine. Near Dijon.
The other mark you describe with the two letters JS at the bottom of the mark, is the makers mark.
In its upper part beneath the crown, in fact you have 3 barrels, (2 above 1) and beneath: the letters J S and a point between the two letters.
This is the makers mark of: Jean Soldat, who first started in 1765.
It is thus normal to find three barrels in a maker's mark for a silversmith working in Mâcon.
In the middle of the bottom of the wine taster, you find a dot, point, which is the centering point of the object.
The Lettre P, is the 'Poinçon de Charge' for the Juridiction, region of Dijon.
'Poinçon de charge' means that this object has been registered for the payment of the duty, and so it wears a first duty mark.
There is probably a smaller mark on the side of the Wine taster, could be a leaf, that means that the duty has been paid.
So, you are a lucky person with a wine taster, from french origin, 18th century, city Mâcon, near Dijon, dated around the 1784 to 1789.
I hope you are happy finding what it is.
Martine