Lot Essay
The coat-of-arms is that of d'Auzac de la Martinie (Guyenne), probably for Louis d'Auzac de la Martinie or his son Jean-Marie- Joseph Henry d'Auzac, born in 1820, who married in 1854 Rose Disle de la Lande.
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN EYMERIE, BORDEAUX, 1779
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A pair of Louis XVI silver candlesticks
Maker's mark of Jean Eymerie, Bordeaux, 1779
Each on shaped circular domed base repoussé and chased with panels of foliage and laurel foliage with patera between and engraved with coat-of-arms beneath Count's coronet, the baluster stems and vase-shaped sockets cast and chased with similar panels, the nozzles with detachable reed and foliage tie borders, marked under bases, decharge mark on nozzles, together with a pair of later three-light plated rococo style candelabra branches
the candlesticks 16.6 cm. (10.1/2in.) high
1,440 gr. (46 oz.) (2)
Maker's mark of Jean Eymerie, Bordeaux, 1779
Each on shaped circular domed base repoussé and chased with panels of foliage and laurel foliage with patera between and engraved with coat-of-arms beneath Count's coronet, the baluster stems and vase-shaped sockets cast and chased with similar panels, the nozzles with detachable reed and foliage tie borders, marked under bases, decharge mark on nozzles, together with a pair of later three-light plated rococo style candelabra branches
the candlesticks 16.6 cm. (10.1/2in.) high
1,440 gr. (46 oz.) (2)