TWO PAIRS OF LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS
TWO PAIRS OF LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS
ONE PAIR WITH MARK OF GABRIEL-JOSEPH MOILLET, PARIS, 1719; THE OTHER WITH MARK OF CHARLES-PHILIPPE DUPLESSIS, PARIS, 1734; THE NOZZLES WITH MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS GUILLEBERT II, CALAIS, 1781-1787
Each of octagonal section with spreading bases and knopped tapering stems, one pair engraved with coat-of-arms beneath a French baron's coronet and with later associated nozzles, the second pair engraved with a cypher and with initials P.R. on footrims, marked underneath, on footrim, inside socket and under nozzle's rim
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) and 8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
36 oz. 5 dwt. (1,129 gr.) and 34 oz. 17 dwt. (1,085 gr.)
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with Veronique Girard, Paris.
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TWO PAIRS OF LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS
ONE PAIR WITH MARK OF GABRIEL-JOSEPH MOILLET, PARIS, 1719; THE OTHER WITH MARK OF CHARLES-PHILIPPE DUPLESSIS, PARIS, 1734; THE NOZZLES WITH MARK OF JEAN-FRANCOIS GUILLEBERT II, CALAIS, 1781-1787
Each of octagonal section with spreading bases and knopped tapering stems, one pair engraved with coat-of-arms beneath a French baron's coronet and with later associated nozzles, the second pair engraved with a cypher and with initials P.R. on footrims, marked underneath, on footrim, inside socket and under nozzle's rim
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) and 8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
36 oz. 5 dwt. (1,129 gr.) and 34 oz. 17 dwt. (1,085 gr.)
Provenance
with Veronique Girard, Paris.