Lot 321
  • 321

Paire de flambeaux dits "à la financière" en argent, probablement par Nicolas Bullot, Paris, 1688-1689

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paire de flambeaux dits "à la financière" en argent, probablement par Nicolas Bullot, Paris, 1688-1689
  • Haut. 18 cm, 886 g ; 7 in, 28oz 8dwt
chacun reposant sur une base carrée, le fût cannelé de section carrée, l'un des angles de l'ombilic anciennement gravé d'armoiries effacées

Condition

Nombreux petits chocs sur les fûts. Poinçons: Pour les deux, sous la base, charge et jurande lisibles, orfèvre illisible. Sur les bâtes: décharge très lisible, orfèvre partiellement lisible sur un et assez lisible sur l'autre, NB pour Nicolas Bullot. Cela aurait pu être pour Noel Barre, mais cet orfèvre ne tient plus boutique dès 1682. Belle qualité, bon poids. small knocks on stems, the knops curving but probably intentional. Maker's mark partly legible. Good quality and weight.
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Catalogue Note

Le poinçon d'orfèvre, en partie lisible, est très probablement celui de Nicolas Bullot reçu le 20 mai 1670, garde en 1689 (son second poinçon NB, un lys est utilisé à partir du 24 mai 1680).

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The maker's mark is most probably that of  Nicolas Bullot, received master on 20 May 1670  who registered his second mark N B a lily between on 24 May 1680.