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Topic: Dating French Silver

stlgal

Posts: 1
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 12-01-2004 12:12 AM

Hi. I have what I think is a French silverplated platter. On the back it has some hallmarks. What info I could find on the internet leads me to believe this item was made before the 1830's. Does anyone here know anything about French hallmarks? I would love to hear your thoughts.

These 5 items are on the back:

1. Words - A. Boulenger
2. Letter - R & something else I can't read)
3. Letters - AB in a circle in a square
4. Word - Blanc with a star beneath it
5. A star

I have also included a photo (hopefully I posted it correctly).

Also, what type of material did they silverplate back in those days?

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Patrick Vyvyan

Posts: 640
Registered: May 2003

posted 12-01-2004 02:01 PM

Adolphe Boulenger was a nickel refiner and producer with a plant at Créteil and another for finishing and silverplating at the Rue du Vert-Bois in Paris. He took over from a M. Boulenger-Hautin in 1864.

If you read French there is a fascinating contemporary account of the company taken fron Julien Turgan: Les Grandes Usines, 1881, at Adolphe Boulenger (click here)

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