Ewer and basin

Marking: [1] Crowned fleur-de-lis, 2 grains de remède, J D, device a shell (maker's mark);
[2] Crowned A (Paris charge mark for large silver, 1756–62);
[3] A harrow (Paris charge mark for gold and silver, 1756–62);
[4] Crowned X (Paris warden's mark, 1761–62);
[5] Woman's head profile to left (Paris discharge mark for large silver, 1756–62);
[6] A shell (Paris discharge mark for gold and small silver, 1756–62);
[7] Old woman's head and numeral 1 in hexagon (mark of French provinces for first standard silver, 1819–38);
[8] Bearded man's head, 29, in oval (Toulouse large excise mark for silver, 1819–38);
[9] Crab (restricted warranty mark for silver, French provinces, 1838–79);

Location of marks:
[1], [3], [4] inside cover, inside foot rim, on bottom of ewer and of basin;
[2] on underside of ewer;
[5], [8], [9] on foot rim of ewer;
[6], [8], [9] on rim of basin;
[7] on lip rim of ewer and center of basin;
[9] on neck of ewer

Linzeler (until 1921; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 9, 1921, no. 51; to M. Destreicher [?]); Catherine D. Wentworth (by 1938–48; bequeathed to MMA)