A FRENCH PROVINCIAL SILVER WINE TASTER
MARK OF P:G CROWNED, APPARENTLY SAINTES, CIRCA 1774/80
Inscribed around side I.L MONTIL ML, with kidney-shaped handle above ring thumbpiece; a shallower example with serpent ring handle, mark of Jean Roffay, with Tours charge and discharge marks for 1781/89, inscribed I. POIRON to side; and another similar, Paris, 1789 (no maker's mark), inscribed B. MEUNIER to side
First item 3 1/8 in. diameter (7.9 cm.)
7.25 oz. (225 gm.) (3)
A FRENCH PROVINCIAL SILVER WINE TASTER
MARK OF P:G CROWNED, APPARENTLY SAINTES, CIRCA 1774/80
Inscribed around side I.L MONTIL ML, with kidney-shaped handle above ring thumbpiece; a shallower example with serpent ring handle, mark of Jean Roffay, with Tours charge and discharge marks for 1781/89, inscribed I. POIRON to side; and another similar, Paris, 1789 (no maker's mark), inscribed B. MEUNIER to side
First item 3 1/8 in. diameter (7.9 cm.)
7.25 oz. (225 gm.) (3)
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