Lot 215
  • 215

Paire de flambeaux et leurs bobèches en argent par Jean-Baptiste Chéret, Paris, 1770-1771

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paire de flambeaux et leurs bobèches en argent par Jean-Baptiste Chéret, Paris, 1770-1771
  • Haut. 28 cm, 1 476 g ; 11 in, 7oz 9dwt
la base chantournée à ressaut, l'ombilic ciselé de vagues, le fût et la bobèche gravés d'armoiries d'alliance timbrées d'une couronne de marquis

Condition

In overall good condition. One footrim with a trace. Fully marked inside footrims, under base, discharge outside footrim. Discharge outside nozzle stem. Nice and unusual pattern, good weight.
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Catalogue Note

Une paire de chandeliers à quatre lumières dont le pied est  très similaire à celui de la paire présentée ici figure dans les collections du Metropolitan Museum de New York, illustrée dans Faith Dennis, Three centuries of French Domestic silver, 1960, n° 98. Nous remercions vivement Bernard Causse pour sa précieuse aide.