TRAVEL CUTLERY - France - 18th century

TRAVEL COVER

France, 18th century

Mother-of-pearl, vermeil and silver

Long. knife length: 18 cm

Gross weight: 48 grams

(old restorations)

In its green shagreen case

Travel cover with mother-of-pearl ribs finished in buttons with winged scrolls, centered with oval silver-gilt medallions, silver-gilt bolsters with fillet decoration.

On the fork, there are six hallmarks including:

• doe-head discharge punch in use from 1774 to 1780 in the Metz Control Office under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Fouache
• master goldsmith's mark "JT" centered with a fork
• census hallmark in use between 1798 and 1809 representing the head of liberty: right profile of a young girl wearing the Phrygian cap.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

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