A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES RICHARD, AIX-EN-PROVENCE, 1745; THE NOZZLES MAKER'S MARK OF ANTOINE BERTRAND, DRAGUIGNAN, 1781

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Maker's mark of Charles Richard, Aix-en-Provence, 1745; the nozzles maker's mark of Antoine Bertrand, Draguignan, 1781
Each on an octagonal molded stepped base engraved with a coat-of-arms with supporters below a coronet, rising to a faceted knopped stem with conforming sockets, the nozzles circular, fully marked under bases and on nozzles, with later control marks on bases and on nozzles
9½in. (24cm.) high; 30oz. 10dwt. (957gr.) (2)