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Please help me identify the french silversmith of the cruet
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:15 am
by elcid51
Hello I ask everyone's help to give a name to the silversmith in Strasbourg in 1798/1809 made the cruet of which I enclose the following photographs. Thank you, Guido
Re: Please help me identify the french silversmith of the cr
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:32 am
by elcid51
Hello, as the department number is 78 or that of Var and not what was expected of Strasbourg (65 Bas-Rhin). I hope this information will be useful to identify the silversmith. Thank you, Regards, Guido
Re: Please help me identify the french silversmith of the cr
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:45 am
by elcid51
Hello I have to make a correction.
Since the cruet was made between 1798 and 1809 at the time the department 78 indicated the city of Strasbourg is not the department of Var. Thank you for your patience.
Regards, Guido
Re: Please help me identify the french silversmith of the cr
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:46 pm
by zilverik
Hi,
Noteworthy is that the French maker "O sign B" (around 1798/1809) is not known in my books. All the marks in this post are clear and yet the master stays unknown? How is that possible?
Regards,
Zilverik
Re: Please help me identify the french silversmith of the cr
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:44 pm
by JayT
Identifying maker’s marks from the French provinces is an on-going project. I believe there are thousands of makers who remain unknown, especially those who worked in the fairly chaotic period at the end of the Revolution after the guilds had been abolished. This makes studying French silver both interesting and frustrating at times.
As Zilverik points out, the marks on this cruet look correct, and I would add the style is right for the period.