Fireplace Plate With The Arms Of François Annet Castillony / Marianne Catherine Gaultier (94x66

Fireback with upper corners in spandrels, 18th century, dated 1731 and marked I.P., in perfect condition, with coats of arms of alliance of Jean Baptiste Castillony, Castiglioni, Castiglione, 1670-1738, silk merchant and banker, Echevin de la ville de Lyon from 1719 to 1720, son of Jean François, died before 1698, family from Cantù, Duchy of Milan; married in 1698 to Marie Anne Richy, 1679-1736, daughter of François Richy, 1633-1694, originally from Lucca in Tuscany, merchant, banker and bourgeois of Lyon and Magdeleine Ferrary, 1641-1697, married in 1674. Francois Richy had married first Marie Méallard in 1654, from this union was born Madelaine Richy, 1667-1730, therefore half-sister of Marie Anne, married in 1692, to Jacques Rayrolle recorded in the armorial of Hozier, General of Dijon, our last photo.
The couple lived in a house on the Rue de la Loge, near the Place du Change, in the "Vieux Lyon", Saint Paul district. The various documents, marriage contracts of François Annet, one of their two sons, mutual testament of 1730, testament of Marianne Catherine Gaultier, wife of the latter and the Memoire, of 1758, for sieur François-Annet de Montgirod against the lady Marianne Catherine Gauthier, widow Castiglioni, mother and guardian of Jean-Baptiste-Annet Castiglioni, and again against Thomas-Henry de Manivieux, among other acts, tell us a certain ease and an important heritage, including a house place Bellecour, sold in 1736.
The line died with Jean Baptiste Annet Castiglioni, knight, 1735-1774, grandson of Jean Baptiste and son of François Annet, married twice without issue.
In photo, a stamp of the couple Castiglioni and Richy affixed to the will of Marie Anne Catherine Gaultier, widow of François Annet Castiglioni, of March 25, 1776, on which the Moorish heads are backed and not confronted as on the plate.
he coats of arms in a cut cartridge, are paired with butts, stamped with a knight’s helmet and lambrequins.

Coats of arms:
Castiglioni: From gulfs to lion crowned with gold, holding a tower keep two silver dungeons. Borel d'Hauterive.
Richy: Silver, with 3 heads of more sand, twisted silver posed 2 in profile, and one in forehead. Henri Bouchot, Volume II, Mâcon.

Found in Drambon, Côte d'Or.
Its weight is 104 kg

Sources:
- Armorial général du Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, André Steyert, 1860, plate F 14 and p. 19.
- "Fonds d'érudits", Archives départementales du Rhône, Fond Ferdinand Frécon dossier rouge, Répertoire généalogiques manuscrits, volume 3, letter C.
- "Fonds d'érudits", Archives départementales du Rhône, Fond Ferdinand Frécon dossier rouge, Répertoire généalogiques manuscrits, volume 5, letter F.
- Armorial Général de France, 1711, Charles d'Hozier, 6th volume, Bourgogne généralité de Dijon, p. 374.
- Armorial général de France, 1711, Charles d'Hozier, XVIIth volume, Lyon, Forez and Beaujolais, p. 113.

Thanks to Christine Chazeau for her research and pugnacity and to Roland Carrier for sharing her knowledge.
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