LILLE 1798 - 1809 A tripod silver chocolatier. It rests on scrolled feet, the attachment depicting a laurel wreath framing an amati background extended by a rocaille leaf. The body alternates twisted ribs and flat ribs, the movement extended on the hinged lid topped by a screwed socket depicting a rose on a leafy branch. The spout is enhanced by a crown of laurels finished by a pompom. On one of the ribs is engraved a large later monogram (circa 1900). Goldsmith : Auguste-Joseph PETIT, received master in 1779, his diamond-shaped hallmark AP a key Net weight : 1231 g - height : 32 cm Literature : Reproduced and described in the work of Mrs. Nicole Cartier, Les orfèvres de Lille, Tome II, page 788, under the number 548