Lot 189
  • 189

Paire de flambeaux carrés (à la financière) en argent par Jean-François de Grébeude, Paris, 1672-1674

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paire de flambeaux carrés (à la financière) en argent par Jean-François de Grébeude, Paris, 1672-1674
  • silver
  • Haut. 16,3 cm ; 489,4 g ; 6 1/2 in, 15oz 14dwt
la base carrée gravée dans un angle d'armoiries timbrées d'un heaume, le fût carré ciselé de canaux

Condition

one with a slight crack at a corner of the base which makes it slightly wobling and its arms seems to have been partly erased, the other one in better condition, for both usual dents and scratches, stems with many dents and bumps Rare set. l'un des flambeaux avec légère fente dans un des coins de la base qui le rend légèrement branlant et les armes semblent avoir été en partie effacées - l'autre en meilleur condition - pour els deux traces d'usure usuelle - quelques chocs sur les fûts - pièces rares
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Catalogue Note

Les armes sont celles de Louis de Beausse (1639-1716), hérault roi d'armes en 1682, fils de Pierre de Beausse, premier conseiller au conseil souverain de l'Ile Dauphine (Madagascar).