Inscription: [1] (engraved inside cover) Biennais Orfre de Sa Mté l'Empereur et Roi à Paris
[2] (engraved underneath stand) Biennais, Orfèvre de S Mte l'Empereur et Roi: à Paris
[3] (scratched underneath stand, possibly an inventory number): 1489 24
[4] (scratched to underside of liner, possibly an inventory number): 1489 24b
Marking: [1] B, 2 pellets, a monkey above, in a vertical lozenge (maker's mark)
[2] Head of Apollo with 1, in an oval (unofficial quality mark for first standard silver, 1794-97)
[3] Cock with 1, in horizontal octagon (Paris mark for first standard silver, 1809-1819)
[4] Head of Minerva, in a circle (Paris medium excise mark for silver, 1809-1819)
[5] Fasces with ax blade at center left (Paris restricted warranty mark for silver, 1809-1819)
Location of marks:
[1], [2] underneath bowl of tureen, on inner side of applied ornament at base of bowl, inside cover, under rim of foot, on each handle, on under side of liner, on bottom of stand, under rim of stand
[3], [4] on side of bowl, rim of foot, wall of liner, inside cover, underneath center of stand
[5] on relief ornament at base of bowl, on leaf ornament at base of finial, on pedestal on which finial figure sits
