Hector Petin était un grand collectionneur d’orfèvrerie ancienne qui prêta une cinquantaine de pièces pour l'exposition d’orfèvrerie française de 1938 du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York et qui sont reproduites et décrites dans le catalogue de l’exposition, Faith Dennis, Three Century of French Domestic Silver, its Markers and its Marks, New-York 1960, vol. I-II.
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Marks clear. Engraving clear. Some very light scratching consistent with age and use. Light wear to finial. The handle slightly worn and cracked.
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