Large Silver Basting Spoon By Antoine Chayé, Paris (france), 1752

- Large Basting spoon
- Hammered and engraved silver
- By Antoine Chayé, master silversmith in Paris from 1747 to 1754
- Paris (France), 1752
- Length: 40.3 cm; weight: 260g
- Good condition, beautiful patina, worn coat of arms, traces of use on the spoon

- Large basting spoon called " à pot", with a slightly curved spatula with a central rib bearing the coat of arms in a rocaille cartouche.

- Hallmarks (on the stem): Master silversmith: AC with a crowned Holy Spirit for Antoine Chayé, Parisian master silversmith from 1747 to 1754 [3 T. I p.250]; warden's mark: L surmounted by a crown, Paris from January 12, 1752 to July 15, 1752 [1, n°421]; charge: A crowned with palms and laurels for large silver works, Paris from October 1, 1750 to October 1, 1756 [1, n°410]; discharge: a boar's head for large silver works, Paris from October 1, 1750 to October 1, 1756 [1, n°412]; two "Minerva" hallmarks as a XXth century french control of the metal.

-  Ref. : [1] Bimbenet-Privat & Fontaines :"La datation de l’orfèvrerie parisienne sous l’ancien régime",Paris musées, 1995; [2] Nocq, Henri : "Répertoire desmaîtres-orfèvres de la juridiction de Paris depuis le -moyen âge jusqu'à la findu dix-huitième siècle", 5 Tomes, 1926; [3] Mabille,Gérard : "Orfèvrerie française des XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècles…", Flammarion, 1993.