BY LOUIS-CLAUDE PORCHER (FL. 1762-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1774/1775, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774 AND THE CONTREMARQUE OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE 1774-1780

Louis-Claude, the son of Alexis Porcher, was baptised in Paris on 23 December 1737. He became master in July 1762, on the pont Notre-Dame, sponsored by his father. The Almanach of 1774 lists ‘Porcher le jeune, pont Notre-Dame, au Vase d’or, connu pour tout ce qui concerne le bijou de fantaisie et à secret’. Porcher is recorded at various addresses until 1791. His mark appears on a circular gold bonbonnière, in the Gilbert Collection, overlaid with green and red lacquer below turned ivory, see C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, vol.I, Los Angeles, 1991, no. 23.