A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT TRAVELLING CANDLESTICKS

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Lot 39 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT TRAVELLING CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI SILVER-GILT TRAVELLING CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF HENRY AUGUSTE, PARIS, 1788

In the neo-classical style, the plain detachable tapering stems on circular bases, with laurel foliage and beaded borders, and plain circular detachable nozzles, engraved on nozzle sleeves and undersides with a crest, marked inside foot-rims, on stem rims and nozzle sleeves

6 1⁄3 in. (16 cm.) high

16 oz. 6 dwt. (500 gr.)

The crest is that of Beckford, for William Beckford (1760-1844).





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William Beckford (1760-1844).

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 25 June 1998, lot 435.
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