| DESCRIPTION |
Superb and very heavy solid silver wine taster inset with a silver medal commemorating the birth of the Dauphin to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1781 by Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier.
The front of the medal features the happy couple with the usual Latin inscription around the edge and the reverse features France represented by a seated woman with the French shield at her feet and holding the baby Dauphin in her
arms. The body is decorated with symbols of love and there is a presentation inscription below the top rim 'E. D'ANGREVILLE. 1782'. |
| SILVERSMITH |
mark is 'PB' below crown and two mullets and above inverted fleur d'lys all within shaped punch. |
| DATE or HALLMARK |
'R' below crown all within shaped punch used Paris 1780 |
| ASSAY OFFICE |
Minerva mark used since 10th May 1838 to denote high grade silver above ·950 to handle and body top rim. |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS |
149 |
| WIDTH |
including lug handle 4 ½", 113mm |
| CONDITION |
excellent, superb, unbelievably good so I do not believe it. Although the medal may be genuine I believe that it is possible that this is a very high quality interpretation of an 18th
century French wine taster made 100 years or so later about 1883 in Hanau. If so, most or all markings are spurious. |
