Old French Silver |
Common terms and phrases
11 deniers 19 Brumaire Albert Museum Amiens arms found ASSAY OFFICE ASSAY OFFICE MARKS Ballin Bar-le-Duc Besançon Bordeaux bordure Bourges Caen called the poinçon carats castle Charge mark chief 3 fleurs-de-lis craft craftsmen crowned d'argent d'or décharge device Dijon ermine Etienne Etienne Boileau Fermier-Général fifteenth century France gold and silver goldsmiths of Paris grains gramme gros guild hall-marks Haute head hectogramme JURISDICTION La Rochelle Lacroix Large Small Lille Limoges lion Loire Louis XIV Lyon maker's mark marc weight mestier Metz Montpellier Nantes old French plate ordinances orfèvre Orléans ouvr ouvrer Paris Paris and Depart Paris mark Party per pale passant Perpignan Pichon Pierre poinçon de charge Poitiers provincial punch Raibaud RECENSE Reims remedy Rennes Riom Rochelle Roman capital letter Rouen Semy of fleurs-de-lis Sous-Fermier Strasbourg style TABLE IV.-continued tête Three touch of Paris Toulouse Tours towers town mark Troy Troy weight Troyes Victoria & Albert wardens