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CHOCOLATE MAKER WITH COAT OF ARMS

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A baluster-shaped silver piece. The plain body, accented with fluting, is engraved with the combined coat of arms of the David-Beauregard and Fortia de Piles families, who were united in 1763, beneath a marquis’s crown and set within a rocaille cartouche. It has a tripod base and a slanted handle in turned, blackened wood. Illegible
hallmarks from the Ancien Régime.

Height: 19 cm - Gross weight: 420 g.

(knocks, wear and scratches from use, as is).