Michel-Louis Monnier (1739-1835). - Lot 675

Michel-Louis Monnier (1739-1835). Jurisdiction of Dijon, community (jurande) of Autun, 1784. Three silver forks 958°/00. L_20,30 cm. Weight: 257g. Monnier was appointed Master of the Dijon Mint in 1763. A respected notable, he founded the Autun masonic lodge "La Bonne Intelligence" in 1772. In 1783, he became king of the bird in the arquebus game, and was exempted from the taille for the following year by Louis XVI. In 1784, he became First Guard of the Jurande d'Autun. In 1790, Monnier was appointed officer of the Autun municipality, and had the Arquebuse flag placed in the vaults of Saint-Lazare cathedral. Bibliography: Cahiers du patrimoine number 52, "Les orfèvres de Bourgogne". A. de Chassey, E. Réveillon and S. Brault-Lerch, published in 1999 under the direction of the Inventaire général and the Direction régionale des Affaires Culturelles de Bourgogne.