Identifying provenance of French silver tea table

[jonsmirl]

This is likely a piece commissioned for a wedding. We also have a set of flatware with the same crests

. The hallmarks on the tray are French but quite worn. The flatware is Tetard Fres. I just noticed that this is two different generations of weddings. The tea table may be much older.

[Bartholomew]

Try to gently clean the marked areas, then take photos in macro mode, paying attention to the sharpness of the photo.

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[jonsmirl]

These are the hallmarks on the tray. Best guess

Coq (rooster) — used 1798-1809 during the Consulate/First Empire

Or vieillard (old man’s head) — Paris mark 1819-1838

A maker’s lozenge from that period

Possibly charge/discharge marks

[jonsmirl]

the flatwear is consistent with Tétard Frères. That one is easy, the knives say

[jonsmirl]

CONFIRMED HERALDIC IDENTIFICATION

The Tray (c. 1858)

Husband — Aubert de la Moglais (Brittany)

• Blazon: “D’argent à la croix fleuronnée de gueules, accompagnée d’un orle de fleurs-de-lis de même”

• (Argent, a cross fleury Gules, within an orle of fleurs-de-lis of the same)

• Crest: Demi-lion ✓ (matches your photos)

Wife — de Pommereau

• Blazon: “D’azur, au chevron d’or, accompagné de trois tours d’argent”

• (Azure, a chevron Or, accompanied by three towers Argent)

• Field: Horizontal lines = Azure ✓ (matches your photos)

Marriage: Marie-Auguste-Albert Aubert de la Moglais × Marie-Alphonsine de Pommereau Date: May 11, 1858 Location: Anjou/Maine-et-Loire region