Large Basting Spoon, Silver, Angers (france), 1732-1734

-  Hammered silver, engraved
-  Olivier Destriché, master goldsmith in Angers (France) from 1727-1755
-  Angers, 1732-1734
-  Length: 32.6cm; weight: 165g
-  Very good condition, slight wear on the spoon, beautiful patina

-  Silver stew spoon in the single-flat model, wide threaded attachment on the spoon. The ribbed and curved spatula is marked by a slight detachment of the stem, it bears the owner's mark: "I THARREAV B F".

-  Hallmarks (on the stem): discharge: a thistle bud, discharge in Angers from October 1726 to October 1738 [Jacob p.71]; warden's mark: crowned R, Angers from July 24, 1732 to July 19, 1734 [Jacob p.71]; charge: crowned interlaced letters of the sub-farmer Félix Arnoul Menou, Angers from October 1726 to October 1738 [Jacob p.71 & Helft n°132b]; master goldsmith: under a crown, OP with a key in pale turned to the left for Olivier Destriché, master goldsmith in Angers from 1727 to 1755 [Jacob p. 173].
-  Ref. : [Helft] Helft, Jacques : "Les poinçons des provinces françaises", F de Nobele, 1968 ; [Jacob] Jacob, Monique : « Les orfèvres d’Anjou et du Bas Maine », Cahiers du patrimoine n°50, éditions du Patrimoine, 1998