A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS

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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CANDLESTICKS
Each with channelled circular urn-shaped nozzle above a foliate moulded collar and gadrooned spreading socle, the tapering, canted baluster stem chased with profile medallions and foliate arabesques, above a canted square spreading socke and entrelac and rosette moulded collar, on a domed circular base chased with a Baron's coat of arms and with a scallop-shell and foliate border on a pounced ground, lacking drip-pans
10¾ in. (28 cm.) high (2)

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A similar pair of silver candlesticks by Nicolas Nolin, dated 1714-5, in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated R. Lightbown, French Silver, London, 1978, p.74, nos. 60-61. Other similar ormolu pairs are in the Wallace Collection, London (F.J.B. Watson, Catalogue, London, 1956, F24, pl. 20) and in the Jones Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (O. Bracket, Catalogue of the Jones Collection, Part 1 - Furniture, London, 1922, no. 215

The arms are similar to those of the Fasre de Roussac family except that the background colour is incorrect and the coronet should be that of a count.