A LOUIS XVI SILVER SOUP LADLE

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A LOUIS XVI SILVER SOUP LADLE
PARIS, 1785, MAKER'S MARK OF PIERRE-NICOLAS SOMME

Fiddle pattern, the back of the terminal engraved with a coat-of-arms, helm and crest within elaborate foliate scroll mantling, marked on stem; struck with the charge and import discharge of Henri Clavel, also struck with post-1838 control mark--16in. (40.6cm.) long
(9oz.)