ORLEANS - Martin LUMIERE Silver Tastevin, smooth body decorated on the handle with several parallel fillets. Engraved "E. Rouilly" on the rim. The jurande mark is a crowned C with a star for the year 1760, and the charge mark is a crowned and floriated R for the years 1756 to 1762. The master's hallmark bears the initials ML on a heart of lilies and under a crowned torch for Martin Lumière 1729 -1773, received as master in 1749. Total weight : 103 gr Diameter: 8 cm

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