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PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX DITE À LA FINANCIÈRE EN ARGENT D`ÉPOQUE LOUIS XIV

Lot 85
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Lot 85 | PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX DITE À LA FINANCIÈRE EN ARGENT D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XIV
Estimate value
€ 30 000 – 50 000
PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX DITE À LA FINANCIÈRE EN ARGENT D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XIV
Par Antoine Turpin, Paris, 1690
Chacun reposant sur une base carrée agrémentée au centre d'une gouttière, le fût cannelé à l'imitation d'un faisceau de section carrée reposant sur un piètement mouluré, poinçons sur les fonds: ville, lettre-date (X) et maître-orfèvre; sur le bord du pied: décharge
H. 20.5 cm. (8 in.)
899 gr. (88 oz. 9 dwt.)




Provenance

Vente Christie's, Genève, 19 novembre 1991, lot 114.
S.J. Phillips.
Axel Vervoordt, 1993.
Collection Onzea-Govaerts, Belgique.



Further details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV SILVER CANDLESTICKS "À LA FINANCIÈRE"
MARK OF ANTOINE TURPIN, PARIS, 1690
each on square stepped base, the fluted square sectioned stem resting on stepped calyx, marked underneath and foot-rim

These candlesticks can be compared to the pair dated 1683-1684 from the former collection of David David-Weill (1936), illustrated in H. Nocq, 1926-1931, Volume IV, p. 72 and in M. Bimbenet-Privat, Les Orfèvres et L’orfèvrerie de Paris au XVIIe siècle, Paris, 2002, pp. 110-111, No. 31. Another pair by this silversmith, dated 1687-1691, was sold in the Cassel van Doorn collection at the Ader auction, Galerie Charpentier, on May 30, 1956, lot 65.

This model of candlestick, popular from 1660 until the late 17th century, always features a fluted stem and a characteristic collar. The term "à la financière" to describe a candlestick first appeared in 1655 in an inventory of Cardinal Mazarin, under numbers 620 and 687, referring to "a small square candlestick à la financière."
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Candlesticks
Auction house category:Lighting, All other types of objects
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