Paris Table spoon 1783-1789

[SimonJersey]

Good evening,

Please could anyone advise who the maker of this tablespoon might be?
Made in Paris c.1783-1789, also bears the Jug mark used for export 1781-1789

Many thanks

Simon

[JayT]

Hello
I believe the maker of your spoon in the Filet or Thread pattern was Louis Julien Anthiaume, who registered his mark on 6 September 1779, initials LJA, symbol a royal baton (un bâton royal). Louis Julien was sponsored by his father, the maker Jacques Anthiaume.

Father and son worked together at rue des Orfèvres in Paris. Louis Julien then moved to rue Boucher from 1781-1788, returned briefly to rue des Orfèvres, and finally was listed from 1789-1793 at rue de la Grande Truanderie.

Louis Julien’s son, Antoine Louis Anthiaume, also a silversmith, registered 18 December 1784. Antoine Louis continued to work after the Revolution. Thus the Anthiaumes were a dynasty of French silversmiths.

Jaques Anthiaume died 14 February 1784. He had a large business, being number 55 on the tax roll. Most of the flatware he produced was in the simple Filet pattern, but he made more elaborate patterns of his own design on commission.

Jacques and Louis Julien Anthiaume were prestigious makers who designed some innovative flatware patterns. Nocq states that Jacques’ designs were the most beautiful from the second half of the 18th C. Their work was on par with other well-known 18th C French silversmiths such as François Thomas Germain and Pierre Edme Balzac.

If your spoon measures about 20cm in length, then it is an individual place spoon rather than a serving piece.

Regards.

See Nocq, v. 1, p. 13-15.

[SimonJersey]

Hello
I believe the maker of your spoon in the Filet or Thread pattern was Louis Julien Anthiaume, who registered his mark on 6 September 1779, initials LJA, symbol a royal baton (un bâton royal). Louis Julien was sponsored by his father, the maker Jacques Anthiaume.

Father and son worked together at rue des Orfèvres in Paris. Louis Julien then moved to rue Boucher from 1781-1788, returned briefly to rue des Orfèvres, and finally was listed from 1789-1793 at rue de la Grande Truanderie.

Louis Julien’s son, Antoine Louis Anthiaume, also a silversmith, registered 18 December 1784. Antoine Louis continued to work after the Revolution. Thus the Anthiaumes were a dynasty of French silversmiths.

Jaques Anthiaume died 14 February 1784. He had a large business, being number 55 on the tax roll. Most of the flatware he produced was in the simple Filet pattern, but he made more elaborate patterns of his own design on commission.

Jacques and Louis Julien Anthiaume were prestigious makers who designed some innovative flatware patterns. Nocq states that Jacques’ designs were the most beautiful from the second half of the 18th C. Their work was on par with other well-known 18th C French silversmiths such as François Thomas Germain and Pierre Edme Balzac.

If your spoon measures about 20cm in length, then it is an individual place spoon rather than a serving piece.

Regards.

See Nocq, v. 1, p. 13-15.

That is wonderful, thank you so much for the extra information! This has been a pending mystery for me for some time.
You are right its 20.6cm so it would be a individual's dinner spoon as advised.

Best regards,

Simon

[JayT]

Hello Simon
My pleasure to help resolve your mystery!
Regards