MARK OF NICOLAS-MARTIN LANGLOIS, PARIS, 1762

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A LOUIS XV SILVER DESSERT SERVICE
MARK OF NICOLAS-MARTIN LANGLOIS, PARIS, 1762
Fiddle thread pattern, comprising:
Twelve dessert spoons,
Twelve dessert forks,
all engraved with accollé coats-of-arms with coronet above, marked on stems: charge, date-letter (E), maker and decharge; with later French control mark (crab)
53 oz. 11 dwt. (1,666 gr.)
The arms are those of Joffrey from Vevey and Mestral de Mont from Vaud in Switzerland, possibly for Philippe-Frédéric-Henri de Joffrey (1724-1777), seigneur de La Cour-au-Chantre and his wife Esther de Mestral (1728-1800) who married in 1751.

Provenance

Philippe-Frédéric-Henri de Joffrey (1724-1777) and and his wife Esther de Mestral (1728-1800).

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Lot Essay

Nicolas-Martin Langlois was apprenticed to Claude Ballin in 1749 and after his death in 1754 was able to contiune his apprenticeship with Jacques Ballin. He entered his mark in 1757 and is described in the Almanach Dauphin as a cuilleriste (spoon maker) with most prestigious collections holding flatware by Langlois.

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