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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANÇOIS CHERET, PARIS, 1770
On stepped shaped circular bases with flat-chased laurels rising to a lobed baluster stem flat-chased with foliage, with reeded knops and spool form sockets with removable shaped circular and reeded nozzles (drilled for electricity), marked on bases; with the charge and discharge of Julien Alaterre, the nozzles with the discharge of Henri Clavel--10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high
(46oz., 1439gr.) (2)
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANÇOIS CHERET, PARIS, 1770
On stepped shaped circular bases with flat-chased laurels rising to a lobed baluster stem flat-chased with foliage, with reeded knops and spool form sockets with removable shaped circular and reeded nozzles (drilled for electricity), marked on bases; with the charge and discharge of Julien Alaterre, the nozzles with the discharge of Henri Clavel--10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high
(46oz., 1439gr.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, April 26, 1977, lot 294.