STAMPED C. L. MEYER, TOWN MARK A 'V' BELOW A FLEUR-DE-LYS, POSSIBLY FOR VIRTON (BELGIUM), LAST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
STAMPED C. L. MEYER, TOWN MARK A 'V' BELOW A FLEUR-DE-LYS, POSSIBLY FOR VIRTON (BELGIUM), LAST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Shaped fluted oval and on rocaille feet, with two scroll and rocaille cast handles, the cover with fruiting grapevine and branch handle, pricked underneath and on cover bezel with initials, marked underneath
17 5/8 in. (45 cm.) wide over handles
71 oz. (2,204 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The town marks appears to be that of Virton, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg (E. Toepfer, Alte Goldschmiedkunst in Luxemburg, Luxembourg, 2004, p. 392). There is however no record of a C. L. Meyer working there. Pierre de Radzitzky has suggested Strasbourg as another possibility. Indeed an unidentified maker using the stamped name 'Meyer' is recorded as registering a mark in that city in 1773 (H. Haug, L'Orfévrerie de Strasbourg, Paris, 1978, table IV).

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