Restauration "Violon Coquille" Silver Flatware Set
1819-1838, Paris, by Leonard Chatenet and Jean-Baptiste Veyrier, including: eight table forks, l. 8-1/4"; eight table spoons, l. 8-1/2"; seven teaspoons, l. 5-5/8"; and a large ladle, l. 13-3/4"; each piece monogrammed "EB". 24 pieces total
65.87 total t. oz.
Notes: Leonard Chatenet (ca. 1780-1829) first registered his mark in 1807, around which time he married Agathe Elizabeth Toulon (1787-1841); she was the daughter of silversmith Jean Toulon (ca. 1755-1812), whose shop Chatenet assumed upon Toulon''s death. Similarly, Chatenet''s daughter Agathe Eleanore (1811-1896), married Jean-Baptiste Veyrier-Montagneres (1808-1899), who succeed Chatenet upon his death. That this set bears marks of both Chatenet and Veyrier (who used the same device - a caduceus) suggests it was made around 1829 or 30 at the twilight of the Bourbon Restauration and dawn of the July Monarchy.

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