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silver sugar sifter - France
this is a French silver sugar sifter with floral shape holes on the bowl and horn handle made at the
beginning 19th century .It has the maker's mark A.A.C with an imperial crown and a cup between the A and C, corresponding to Clérin Aiméé-Catherine (widow Lecour) and the stamp of the silversmiths organisation (a face of a Greek lady with the letter P) started in 1794 and found until the years 1838. This Greek lady face was stamped do to the desorganisation of the control of the silver in France after 1789 revolution.
The informations about the maker were kindly supplied by Hugo Keymeulen:
Clérin Aiméé-Catherine (widow Lecour)
Table garniture and small things as sugar spoons
Adress: 12 rue Bailleul, Hotel d'Aligre,11 Place Thionville (this in 1813, later the place was called Place Dauphine), Paris
Period she started work: February 12, 1807. She used three slightly different stamps over the period when she was active.
Reference book: Dictionnaire des poinçons de fabricants d'ouvrages d'or et d'argent - Paris 1789-1838 (its the first book of Paris silversmiths, made by Catherine Arminjon, James Beaupuis and Michèle Bilimoff, - Imprimerie National Editions 1991 Cahier de L'inventaire n°25- book ISBN 2-11-081146-3, page 54)
préfecture # 1025
garantie # 953, 1851, 2006
Documentation:
Archives de la garanti - Paris
Insculpation plate # 13, 20 and 21, Douet (sp) Tableau des symboles de l'orfèvrerie de Paris 1809
Almanach Azur 1811-1822
Bouvien (J) Les anciens orfèvres,1925
Dictionnaire des poinçons de fabricants d'ouvrages d'or et d'argent Paris 1789-1838, Stamp under # 00098
The sifter is 14 in. long (cm. 36) and was bought from a French dealer in Paris.
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