Paire de chandeliers en argent, les flambeaux et leurs bobèches par Jean-François Jouet, Bordeaux, 1779-1781, les branches par Narcisse Thorel, Paris, vers 1870

les pieds  à contours ornés d'agrafes feuillagées, les ombilics cannelés, les fûts décorés de guirlandes de feuilles d'acanthe, avec deux bouquets à quatre lumières au modèle

In overall very good condition, legible marks. This candlestick pattern is very close to one made by Louis Lenhendrick in 1768-1769 in Paris. A similar pair made by Jouet in 1775-1776 is part of the Bordeaux Musée des Arts décoratifs collections, illustrated in Clarke de Dromantin, les Orfèvres de Bordeaux, p. 437. Good quality.
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