Lot no. 768
Small 800‰ silver chatelaine hook, cast and engraved with a cut-out fleuron decoration, an engraved flower in the centre and a chain
Goldsmith's hallmark QA with a horse's head in different (for Charles Quantin (1815 or 1816 - 1868) and the Minerve, second title.
Poitou, 19th century
Total length: 5.7 cm for the design on the reverse - Total weight: 19.8 g
To be compared with the models presented in "Les bijoux traditionnels poitevins, catalogue des collections publiques du Poitou-Vendée", by Christian Gendron, Editions Musées Vivants, Niort, 1992, p.109 -110 and 111.
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