RARE SILVER !! Antique 1728 .917 Silver Wine Taster with Louis XV Coin & .830 Silver Dish

EXTREMELY RARE LOT OF TWO SILVER ITEMS - ONE FRENCH .900 SILVER WINE TASTER/PORRINGER WITH EMBEDDED SILVER 1728 LOUIS XV .917 COIN AND ONE ANTIQUE PRE 1920 NORWEGIAN .830 SILVER DISH

THE LOT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO RARE SILVER ITEMS -

1)- A .900 & .917 SILVER PORRINGER/WINE TASTER.  THE ITEM ITSELF IS HALLMARKED BESIDE THE HANDLE WITH A FADED "SOCRATE" HALLMARK (The head of Socrates) USED ON .900 SILVER.  THE MARK ALTHOUGH FADED WITH AGE CAN BE SEEN UNDER MAGNIFICATION 0.5cm FROM THE DIAMOND SHAPED "J L" MANUFACTURERS MARK WHICH USED IN THE EARLY 1800's.   (WWW.925-1000.com/Ffrench_makers_J) & (WWW.SILVERCOLLECTION.IT/FRENCHHALLMARKS).   ALTHOUGH THE PORRINGER ITSELF APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CRAFTED IN THE EARLY 1800's, THE COIN EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BASE IS A LOUIS XV .917 SILVER 1728 COIN.  FADED BUT VISIBLE UNDER MAGNIFICATION.   THE PORRINGER HAS AGE RELATED WEAR BUT OTHERWISE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE WITH NO DAMAGES ETC.  2.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....7cm DIAMETER OF RIM WITHOUT HANDLE.     WEIGHT : 55.6g

2)- AN ANTIQUE PRE 1920 NORWEGIAN PIN DISH DECORATED WITH REPOUSSE FLORAL PATTERNING.  THE DISH IS STAMPED BENEATH THE RIM - "830" FOLLOWED BY A SMALL OSLO MARK.  THE DISH IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH A WEIGHT OF 14.7g      IT IS 1cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....4.6cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....6cm DIAMETER OF RIM

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

CONDITION AND SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

ONE BID FOR BOTH SILVER ITEMS AS A LOT

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