Jug In Solid Silver, Goldsmith Ducré, Geneva Circa 1780

Louis XVI period silver jug
Solid silver XI deniers (~ 916/1000)
Goldsmith Moïse-Gabriel DUCRÉ
Switzerland, Geneva, around 1780
Height: 22.5 cm
Gross weight: 428g
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Moïse Gabriel Ducré, born in Saint-Sulpice (Lausanne) around 1742, died in Plainpalais on July 17, 1804. Resident of Geneva in 1775. He was received as master silversmith on January 18, 1777 by presenting, as a masterpiece, a large fish dish [from Vevey 1985, p.108]
Its first MGD hallmark [from Vevey 1985, n ° 616a p. 108]
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Hallmark of the master juror Abraham Lossier II (1732-1799), received master in 1759, master juror from 1780 to 1782, from 1784 to 1786 and from 1796 to 1797 (AL under the arms of Geneva ) [from Vevey 1985, p. 56]
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French import hallmark for works presented to the Paris Guarantee Office (weevil, 1838-1864) [Beuque 1962, p. 88]
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Bibliography
Emile BEUQUE, Dictionary of official French & foreign, ancient & modern hallmarks from their creation (14th century) to the present day, volume I, by Nobele, Paris 1962
François-Pierre de VEVEY, Manuel des orfèvres de Suisse romande, Sotheby's / Office du Livre, Friborg 1985