SERIE DE HUIT ASSIETTES in silver. PARIS, Edme-Pierre BALZAC - Lot 272

SERIE DE HUIT ASSIETTES in silver. PARIS, Edme-Pierre BALZAC (received master in 1739), 1765-1766 (letter-date B). Model with fillet contours, the marli engraved with a coat of arms within a shield surmounted by a Maltese cross surrounded by a collar of the Order of Malta stamped with a ducal crown, with a unicorn as crest: Azure, a tower Argent turreted to the dexter likewise, masoned Sable. Coat of arms of the Demartin du Tyrac and Marcellus families, probably engraved at a later date. Silver 925. A few scratches. Diameter (medium) 25.5 cm; Total weight 3945 g. According to the Nobiliaire de France by M. de Saint-Allais (1873), these could be the coats of arms of Charles-Louis-Artus, Marie-Louis-Auguste (member of the Duc d'Angoulème's royal horse guard in Bordeaux) or Alexandre-Paul-Adrien, respectively knights of Malta in 1775, 1776 or 1781.