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Hi, I have this lovely French Silver & Cloisonné Enamel Box, i can see the marks for the crab , 3 of these marks ,which would date it after 1838, i have found the maker mark but cant find who this is or what date, hope someone can help, i may be wrong but it looks like a letter C then a duck or bird and then i cant see the other letter, any advice would be of great help, it took ages trying to take a pic of the mark as it is so small, thanks

Maybe it's Calmar&Minat mark? See here:

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistr ... GRP=0&REQ=((C.M.)%20%3AINI%20)&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=3&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=150&MAX3=150&DOM=All

Hi, Thanks for your help, i have clicked on the link it doesnt seem to work, could you give me any information on them
kind Regards
Mandy

Hi Mandy!

Excuse me for my mistake. Try again
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistr ... SPECIFIC=3

or see here



Best regards. Alex.

Hi Alex,
Thank you so much for your help and information, its nice just to be able to put a name to this lovely box
Kind Regards
Mandy

Hi Mandy and Alex,

Mandy, can you show us some images of all of the marks? As for the maker's mark, it appears to be contained within a hexagonal punch rather than a lozenge, more suggestive, to me, of Spanish origin, rather than French.

Trev.

Hi,
The duck of Calmar & Minat's punch is facing left. In this case the punch shows a bird facing right !
This means that the mark can't be attributed to Calmar & Minat.
Regards