Dinner service - Silver - Silver mustard pot

The mustard maker:

Container used to present mustard at table. Often made of crystal, silver, tin, porcelain. Decorative object for the table

Description

18th-century silver mustard pot.

Punches

On the face of the base: parrot-head discharge punch for silver pieces, engraved on March 8, 1786; re-punched at the Great Paris Registry between 1798 and 1809; re-punched with the crab punch for silver pieces in 1838.

On the base's handles: crab hallmark from 1838.

On the reverse of the base: a guild mark with letter and date P for Paris 1788 by Henri Clavel II and Jean-François Kalendrin, a charge mark for large works, crowned A, an illegible silversmith's mark.

Recipient: crab punch from 1838 for fine works, repeated in many places.

The glass container is missing.

A retaining bolt is missing from underneath the container.

Engraving of two interlaced Ls, reminiscent of the initials of King Leopold of Belgium.



Dimension:

14×17 cm



Provenance

The mustard pot was purchased by Sébastien Delcampe during the show Affaire Conclue, broadcast on November 20, 2023 on France 2. It was brought in by Matthis, who had bought it at the auction.



Delivery:

Delivery by insured parcel post.
Delivery by hand