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<p>[QUOTE="La Barbe, post: 32729, member: 375"]Hi</p><p> i was hoping to hear where it was found before giving a lot of information. I presume it was not in Vitry. I own the small ladle. </p><p> I could not get the Christie's page to load correctly. I did find what appears to be a picture of a rather generic snuff box, along with two others. I don't know how they arrived at Canadian, naturally no provenance and no picture of the mark. </p><p>I do agree it is Canadian, for a number of reasons. The name, ignoring the Spanish meaning, is probably French. There was a Louis Edmond Guay in Quebec much later c. 1860. This has unfortunately muddied the water a bit. A Quebec museum has two marked pieces (again no pictures) attributed to Edmond Guey, which I presume are actually marked "E. Guey". Both came from the Birks collection. I have tried to find some evidence of an E. Guey c. 1790-1820, but with no luck. I don't belong to the leading genealogy site. Of course either spelling Guay, or Guey could be the spelling. Also there are other possibilities, ie Le Guey, De Guey, or even Gueytard. </p><p>Rainwater lists E. Guey as location unknown, but I didn't check their source.</p><p>I think if the large ladle was found in Canada, it would help suggest its origin.</p><p>Maurice[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="La Barbe, post: 32729, member: 375"]Hi i was hoping to hear where it was found before giving a lot of information. I presume it was not in Vitry. I own the small ladle. I could not get the Christie's page to load correctly. I did find what appears to be a picture of a rather generic snuff box, along with two others. I don't know how they arrived at Canadian, naturally no provenance and no picture of the mark. I do agree it is Canadian, for a number of reasons. The name, ignoring the Spanish meaning, is probably French. There was a Louis Edmond Guay in Quebec much later c. 1860. This has unfortunately muddied the water a bit. A Quebec museum has two marked pieces (again no pictures) attributed to Edmond Guey, which I presume are actually marked "E. Guey". Both came from the Birks collection. I have tried to find some evidence of an E. Guey c. 1790-1820, but with no luck. I don't belong to the leading genealogy site. Of course either spelling Guay, or Guey could be the spelling. Also there are other possibilities, ie Le Guey, De Guey, or even Gueytard. Rainwater lists E. Guey as location unknown, but I didn't check their source. I think if the large ladle was found in Canada, it would help suggest its origin. Maurice[/QUOTE]
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