Marks On the sticks: the Paris discharge mark of a snowflake for the years 1768/1774; the date mark G crowned for 1770; the maker’s mark consisting of a fleur-de-lis, two grains, the initials JD and a shell for Joseph-Pierre-Jacques Duguay.
On the branches: the Paris charge mark of a crowned A; the date mark K crowned for 1773; the maker’s mark consisting of a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, the initials JTV, and a lily for Joseph-Théodore Van Cauwenbergh; the discharge mark of a snowflake for the years 1768/74
The branches are each marked three times: on the underside of each bobeche and on the underside of one arm
Inscription Each bobeche is monogrammed
Provenance Ex. coll. J.-L. Bonnefoy, Paris; with Bensimon, Paris; Eugenia Woodward Hitt, New York; by bequest to the Birmingham Museum of Art.
