47 - Two silver (950) wine cups:

Two silver (950) wine cups: - A heavy cup decorated with twisted gadroons and dotted lines. The ring-shaped handle is formed from a stylized serpent in cast and engraved silver. Silversmith’s hallmark: Pierre-Prix LESSERE (1738–1800), admitted as a Master in Auxerre in 1765. Active until 1799. Hallmarks of the Paris Generality: Charge [P.G.] and Discharge [rooster’s head] for 1781–1789. Guild hallmark [illegible year between 1784 and 1789] from AUXERRE. Inscriptions on the rim: “4. III” [4 ounces 3 grains] and the owner’s mark “Ed Ronslin de Lin,” added later. Weight: 130 g. - Diameter: approx. 8.8 cm. Wear on the reverse of the base and scratches. - One with a design of twisted gadroons, dots, and half-spheres. The rim is molded in a ribbon pattern. The rim is marked R.F., added later. Minerva and silversmith’s hallmarks: Pierre-Hippolyte FOURNEROT, active in Paris between 1833 and 1857. Weight: 61 g. - Diameter: approx. 8 cm. Scratches from normal use, dents on the handle. Bibliography: Arnaud de CHASSEY (and A.B. CLERT), *Les orfèvres de l'Yonne*, Somogy Ed. d'Art, Yonne Departmental Archives, Conservation des A.O.A., Paris/Auxerre, 2005. A similar 4-ounce wine cup [120 g / Diam. 8.9 cm] dating from 1784–1789 is reproduced on p. 239, no. 85.