Oval dish in plain silver 950 thousandth, the wing underlined by a moulding of palmettes and engraved with the coat of arms of the count Defermon. PARIS 1809-19. Goldsmith : Jean-Charles CAHIER. (Micro scratches after abrasive treatment.) Length : 54 cm Weight : 1.785 kg Joseph Defermon, Count Defermon and of the Empire (1st, May 23, 1809) alias Joseph Defermon des Chapelières. Lawyer, State Counselor, Minister of State, Deputy to the Council of Five Hundred. Descendants of the families Le Hon, Thérouanne, Billard de Saint-Laumer, du Tertre d'Elmarcq, Porteu de La Morandière, de Pommereau, du Hamel de Milly, Degrand de Beauvoir, Collineau de Meezemaker, du Boÿs etc.

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