the basilisk on french sugar-bowl ?

[panderosa]

Hi,

I have a silver sugar-bowl. I cannot guess how old it is and what is its origin place.
Could you please look at the photos in below URL.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yqx7o30xcd3e7cx/K4NUj5kjye

Looking at the head of Minerwa it seems to be created after May 1838.

Dariusz

[JayT]

Your silver sugar bowl was made by Eugène Lefebvre working at 14 bis, rue de Minimes in Paris. The mark is initials EL on a horizontal axis on either side of a swan pierced with an arrow. Lefebvre entered his mark on 9 March 1896; it was erased on 11 June 1910. Hope this helps to identify the maker and age of your bowl.

[panderosa]

Thank you very much.

[JayT]

You are welcome. This information could have been found right here in the section on French makers' marks.

http://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_E.html