At least 9 marks present: italicized O surmounted with a closed crown: date mark 1783; italicized O surmounted with open crown – date mark years 1754-55; illegible markers mark; small census mark, gold and silver,Paris: Flower (1819-38); discharge mark: Henry Clavel 1783-9; Warden's mark Paris: "P" July 17, 1784; maker's mark: Jean Georges (Vegreteau??) Paris 25 January 1752-1765 [ unlikely]; "V” - 1760 (Pierre Francois Delafons, Nicholas Dehaynault, J. Louis Morel, Louis Lenhendrik, J. Bapt. Leblanc, Jean Formey)/ O or U ? -“O” - Julian Berthe - 1754-55); restricted warranty mark, gold, with decoration (1809-1819): Rooster; discharge/Duty mark: Eye: Jean-Francois Kalandrin (1789)
per Alice Minter:
date letter P: 1784; charge and discharge Henri Clavel (1780-1783); discharge JF Kalandrin (1789-1792); maker's mark ? C; later control mark, petite ?, 1809-1819 (hand and rooster), 1819-1838 (flower)
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