FRANCE, first quarter of the 18th century Plain baluster-shaped silver (950) verseuse chocolatière with filleted neck, standing on three feet with medallion attachments. Curved, hinged lid with turned fretel on pivoting turntable; scrolled poucier. Spout decorated with a frieze of leaves, with small hinged lid. The body engraved with an oval coat of arms, shouldered by two heraldic lions on a mound, under a count's crown. Turned ebony handle and truncated-conical molded silver hood (950) with radiating circular attachment. Goldsmith's hallmark: François SIMONIN, received Master in 1698 in Paris. PARIS, Charge [A inversé couronné] and Discharge [LL enlacés] marks for 1715-1717. Louis XIV period. Poinçon de Contre-marque des petits ouvrages [fleur de lys and crowns] for 1717-1722, under the neck. Net weight : 646 g. - H.: 22.5 cm. Scratches and a few small knocks; slightly warped lid; small missing socket. This model is more typical of the production of master silversmith Sébastien Leblond, received in 1675, as is the tripod chocolatière, very similar in design, in the Collection d'orfèvrerie du Docteur Paul des Marez, presented by Maîtres Dupont & Associés, of Morlaix, in Paris on December 6, 2021.