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The coat-of-arms is that of de Fontfreyde, seigneurs de Vialleveloux, de Sauzey and de Montredon, probably for François de Fontfreyde who married Antoinette Garnauld in 1712.
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A PAIR OF REGENCE CANDLESTICKS
by Antoine II Neyrat (Cassan, p. 68), Clermont-Ferrand, circa 1720
Each on octagonal base with gadrooned rim, the baluster stem with gadrooned knob applied with stylised leaf panels, the socket applied with alternate panels of fleurs-de-lys and Bacchus and Diana masks, with later nozzles, the deep centre of the base engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Count's coronet - 22 cm high
(1,322 gr) (2)
by Antoine II Neyrat (Cassan, p. 68), Clermont-Ferrand, circa 1720
Each on octagonal base with gadrooned rim, the baluster stem with gadrooned knob applied with stylised leaf panels, the socket applied with alternate panels of fleurs-de-lys and Bacchus and Diana masks, with later nozzles, the deep centre of the base engraved with a coat-of-arms beneath Count's coronet - 22 cm high
(1,322 gr) (2)