Sugar Caster (one of a pair) (sucrier à poudre)

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Sugar Caster (one of a pair) (sucrier à poudre)

Creator

Simon Gallien

French Artist · 1757–1714

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Scholars depend on church and guild records to learn basic information about the life of the silversmith Simon Gallien. On the third of February in 1714, he registered his mark: his initials *SG* with a sun and two grains below a fleur-de-lis. Nothing else is known about him.

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Date
1743–1744
Medium
Silver
Culture
French
Department
Decorative Arts
Institution
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