FRANCE, 18th century Plain silver creamer or mustard pot (958) of baluster form, with neck outlined with fillets, on a circular pedestal decorated with a frieze of gadroons. Small spout with lamp base. Molded lid, underlined with fillets and edged with a frieze of gadroons. Pomegranate fretel on radiating plate. Scrolled lugs. Sinuous handle with lamp base attachment. The body later engraved with a coat of arms (azure with three stars, set two and one) in a cartouche, under a comtal crown. Lid: PARIS, Charge mark [a couronné] for 1732-1738, and Jurande mark [T] for 1735-1736. Body: Goldsmith's hallmark (on pedestal and handle): C.H.F. PARIS hallmarks of Charge [remnant of closed crown] and Décharge [dog's head] for 1732-1738 and Jurande [crowned v] for 1736-1737. The reverse of the lid and pedestal engraved with "IX" at the point. Weight : 172 g. - H.: 10.4 cm. Some material defects; scratches and minor wear bumps.