Lot 276
  • 276

Paire de flambeaux en argent par Jean-Baptiste Delane, Bayonne, 1780-1781 et une paire de branches à deux lumières non poinçonnées

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • the candlesticks are unmarked, they seems to have been realsied by the same hand though.  
  • 2 506 gr; haut. 37,5 cm
  • 80oz 12dwt, 15in high

Condition

Très bon état général. Les flambeaux de très belle qualité. Les branches semblent de la même main bien que non poinçonnées. Elles ont été testées par le laboratoire du professeur EL Richter en Allemagne qui a indiqué que ces branches étaient selon toute probabilité de la même époque. Poinçons: à l'intérieur des bâtes des bases et sous les bases, poinçons de charge, orfèvre et jurande très lisibles.
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Catalogue Note

Bien que non poinçonnées, les branches de lumières semblent être de la même main.