Cafetière de style rocaille en argent, probablement vers 1880, poinçons apocryphes pour LJ Milleraud-Bouty Paris 1787-1789

reposant sur trois pieds en forme de dauphins, le corps à côtes torses repoussé sous le bec verseur d'un large cartouche rocaille entourant deux blasons timbrés d'une couronne de comte, la prise du couvercle en bouquet de coquillages, l'anse en bois en forme de dauphin

Spurious marks under the body: charge for Paris 1782-1789, jurande for 1788-1789, legible, maker's mark partly legible, no discharge. A later French control mark (charançon within an oval) on the neck. Spurious marks inside the cover: charge for Paris 1782-1789, jurande for 1787-1788, legible, maker's mark partly legible, no discharge. Same later French control mark on the cover rim. Good overall condition, usual dents and scratches. Impressive piece.
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Les armoiries sont celles de la famille Daymier, de Guyenne et Gascogne et celles de la famille de la Baume, de Normandie et d'Ile-de-France.