Unknown maker...

[lmallier]

Hi,
please find the hallmarks on a spoon for identifiaction.
Many thanks in advance.
Louis.

[Zilver2]

Hello,
the bearded man facing left = guarantee mark used during the period 1819-1838.
The figure 53 = department Meuse.
The old man facing right = mark for fineness .950.
The maker's mark M with a star over three dots is not known to me.
Regards.

[lmallier]

Thanks a lot.
I figured out exactly what you found, just this M maker mark is also unknown to me.
Cheers,
Louis.

[blakstone]

Going through some old posts to see if some new research might be helpful.

The maker here is Jean-Baptiste Hubert Maussant:

Born: 3 Nov 1790, Sugny, Ardennes, son of Henri Augustin Maussant & Marie Berthe Charlier
Married: 3 Jun 1812, Bar-le-Duc, dept. Meuse
Mark Registered: 30 Sep 1816, Bar-le-Duc, dept. Meuse (M with a star above and three pellets below)
Died: 17 May 1833, Bar-le-Duc, dept. Meuse

Hope this helps!

Ref: Claude-Gerard Cassan, Les Orfevres de Lorraine et Sedan (Nancy: Presses Universitaire, 1994) p. 25