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Serving spoon

Nicolas Collier (born 1733, master 1766, recorded 1793)

Date:: 1774–75
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: L. 12-1/2 in. (31.8 cm.)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Donald Atkinson, Mrs. Leslie W. Devereux and Reginald T. Townsend, in memory of their mother, Eugenie Gilbert Townsend, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.145.2

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: (engraved on back of handle) script monogram G A within shield with crest and mantling

Marking: [1] Crowned fleur-de-lis, 2 grains de remède, N C, device a cock (maker's mark) [2] Crowned A (Paris charge mark for large silver, 1768-74) [3] Crowned L (warden's mark, 1774-75) [4] Little cow (Paris discharge mark for work intended for export, 1765-74[?])
Provenance

Mrs. Donald Atkinson , ; Mrs. Leslie W. Devereux , ; and Eugenie Gilbert Townsend (until 1933; to MMA)
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Who
Nicolas Collier (7)
What
Metal (59,364)

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Silver (14,056)

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Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)

Paris (2,025)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
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France, 1600–1800 A.D.

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