Antique French Sterling Silver & Cobalt Glass Open Salt PAIR with Spoons, Lion Ball & Claw Franz Xaver Lang 1799-1873 more to be felt with

more to be felt with a finger than noticed when you're showing it off

The over stamp mark is that of plate decorators

He was awarded the Légion d’honneur (1867) and the Order of the Iron Crown (1873)

A lovely little decorative piece

Horlogerie - Bijouterie

Antique French Sterling Silver & Cobalt Glass Open Salt PAIR with Spoons, Lion Ball & Claw Franz Xaver Lang 1799-1873 more to be felt withElegant antique French hallmarked sterling silver & cobalt glass open salt PAIR with spoons, each with mascaron style lion figures, ball & claw feet and acanthus accenting! A beautiful old pair, with just a nod to the replaced cobalt glass wells up top. The sterling bases and spoons all bear the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark, the tiny number "1" within those marks means they're in . 950 silver (95% pure so above the . 925 standard for "sterling"