Canadian 18th century Silver Caster Pierre Huguet dit Latour C.1770 SOLD

by Louis Wine

Canadian 18th century Silver Caster Pierre Huguet dit Latour C.1770

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Canadian 18th century Silver Caster Pierre Huguet dit Latour C.1770 with silversmith mark for Michel Fortin Quebec. This blind caster (sleeved for dry mustard) of baluster form, the foliate decorated cover with plain knopped finial, the lower body plain with engraved crest of a bird on moulded circular pedestal base. Marked on both cover and body and engraved K over PM on underside of base. Height: 4.75 inches. Weight: 133.51 grams. Literature: Illustrated Plate 41 Canadian Silversmiths 1700-1900 John E. Langdon 1966 Edition. Pierre Huguet dit Latour is also noted in the North West Company; Seminary of Quebec Archives P 19 Langdon. Silversmith mark for Michel Fortin Quebec. P73 Langdon

Condition: Good. Retains original patina.

Reference: Illustrated Plate 41 Canadian Silversmiths 1700-1900 John E. Langdon 1966 Edition.

Provenance

Michael Poynder Laird Clowes Ltd 1965

Dr. C.H. Lewis Toronto, Canada by descent

Louis Wine Ltd Toronto 2024

Louis Wine

Louis Wine Ltd., Toronto specialists in Antique Silver , Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts, are a 4th generation family business.Louis Wine (1865-1946) founded the company in Dublin, Ireland in 1880. Louis Wine began selling to silver collectors in Dublin from a shop in historic Wellington Quay. In 1908, he located on Dublin's fashionable Grafton Street. To the firm came the worlds leading Georgian Silver collectors. Pieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, Hester Bateman and Irish Georgian Silver were constantly on display. Our gallery run by Richard (Louis Wine's great grandson) in Yorkville Toronto, displays a range of fine Antique Silver, Old Sheffield Plate, Antique Jewellery & Decorative Arts from the 18th-20th century, including Bateman, Storr, Ramsden, Tiffany, Knox, Liberty, Jensen, Christopher Dresser.