Silver tumbler monogrammed "PB" and dated 1886. Goldsmiths: Jules Ladoucette and Pierre Gavard, goldsmiths in Paris from 1869 to 1886. Minerve hallmark. Weight: 68.7 g Also included - a monogrammed silver kettledrum. Minerve hallmark. -A silver candle snuffer decorated with a dancing and singing figure. Goldsmith Labat & Pugibet. Goldsmiths in Paris from 1877 to 1897. -A silver medicine spoon. Minerve hallmark. -a silver and glass inkwell decorated with flowers, pyramidal stopper. Foreign work. (damage to hinge, knocks). -A pair of silver candlesticks decorated with ribbons (knocks, missing parts and restorations). a silver-plated candlestick, square base. Gross weight: 1079 g (without silver-plated candlestick)

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