Pair of Ath candlesticks

[amena]

A pair of candlesticks with the marks of Ath 1777 are up for auction.


Who is the silversmith?
Thanks for your attention
Amena

[oel]

Town mark silver of Ath. Silversmiths only established their own guild in 1662. Its mark is taken from the city's coat of arms. For more information see;
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The maker's mark crowned B or perhaps crowned R, unknown.

Peter.


Source; Belgische Zilvermerken R. Stuyck

[oel]

I received the following message from Giacomo Visini, Library employee City of Antwerp, Talent Development and Leisure Experience, Museums and Heritage | DIVA museum:

That could well be the master mark of François Joseph Bourgaux. Active in Ath from 1762 to 1786 (?).
Note, in the biography in Orfèvrerie civile Athoise, it states that he was active until 1777 (p. 37), but on p. 47 there is a work attributed to him from 1784.




DIVA Museum Antwerp has two objects in its possession attributed to Bourgaux, see the exhibition catalogue Pittig zilver. Something strange is going on here too. In his biography on p. 21 it states that there are works by him known from 1762 to 1784, but on the next page there is another work attributed to him from 1786.
https://divaantwerp.be/nl/collection/on ... ois-joseph

In summary; this crowned B is attributed to silversmith, François Joseph, Bourgaux, workplace in the city of Ath. He is born in 1732 as son of Nicolas Joseph Bourgaux. In 1754 he married Marie Jacqueline Coubeau, he died in 1795


Peter.

Source; Jean Dugnoille & Ernest Overlau, Orfèvrerie civile Athoise.
https://webmuseo.com/ws/inventaire-pros ... cord/17854
Zilvermuseum Sterckshof exhibition catalogue Pittig Zilver/Orfèvrerie Épicé
PITTIG ZILVER. DE SCHENKING ALBERT en CECILE MAESSEN/ ORFEVRERIE EPICEE. LA DONATION ALBERT en CECILE MAESSEN,…
von Anne-Marie; CLAESSENS - PERE Verlag: , Antwerpen, Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, 2007,
softcover illustrated cardboard cover with flaps, frontispiece in colour, 210 x 270mm., 152pp., very extensively illustrated in colour. ISBN 9789066251014. Sterckshof Studies 33. Bilingual edition. The catalogue describes the complete donation of Albert & Cecile Maesen, which consists of no fewer than 206 objects. Among these objects are a striking number of mustard pots and spoons. Cecile Maesen found her inspiration to collect with the Ghent mustard manufacturer Tierenteyn.