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PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX ET BRANCHES À DEUX LUMIÈRES D`ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV

Lot 45
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Lot 45 | PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX ET BRANCHES À DEUX LUMIÈRES D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV
Estimate value
€ 15 000 – 25 000
PAIRE DE FLAMBEAUX ET BRANCHES À DEUX LUMIÈRES D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV
LES FLAMBEAUX PAR SIMON GALLIEN, PARIS, 1740; LES BRANCHES PAR ALEXIS LOIR, PARIS, 1745
Les flambeaux, sur base circulaire à contours fondue d'agraphes coquilles, l'ombilic bordé d'oves, le fût ciselé de lambrequins sur fond amati et appliqué de masques de putto, gravés d'une armoirie sous couronne comtale, poinçons sous les bords: charge, lettre-date (A) et maître-orfèvre; sur les piédouches: décharge et poinçon postérieur (crabe); Les branches à deux lumières et flamme centrale, les binets unis sur bobèches à bordure d'oves, poinçons sous les bobèches et dans les binets: charge, lettre-date (E) et maître-orfèvre; sur les bords des bobèches et sur la doublure centrale: décharge; on y ajoute quatre bobèches de deux modèles: deux par Edmé-Pierre Balzac, Paris, 1747 et deux par MB/coeur et contremarque en trèfle
H. des flambeaux: 23.3 cm. (9 1/8 in); H. avec les branches: 31.6 cm. (12 ½ in.)
2665 gr. (85.7 oz.); les bobèches assorties: 165 gr. (5.3 oz.)
Les armoiries sont celles des Le Couteulx de La Noraye probablement pour Jean-Jacques-Vincent Le Couteulx de La Noraye (1716-1765), co-gérant de la banque parisienne, député du commerce de la ville de Paris et chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel.




Provenance

Jean-Jacques-Vincent Le Couteulx de La Noraye (1716-1765).
Vente Christie's, Genève, 27 avril 1976, lot 436.
Famille Stern.



Further details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS AND A PAIR OF ASSORTED TWO-LIGHT BRANCHES, THE CANDLESTICKS BY SIMON GALLIEN, PARIS, 1740; THE BRANCHES BY ALEXIS LOIR, PARIS, 1745
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Lighting, All other types of objects, Candlesticks and candelabras
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