A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER TABLE CANDLESTICKS, Pierre-François Bonnestrenne, Paris, 1714/15

the cast cut-cornered square bases, stems and sconces decorated in Régence style with husks, strapwork and classical profiles, the bases later engraved with coats-of-arms, supporters and coronets, 1713-1717 Paris charge and discharge marks

Hallmarks very clear and good; the bases of both are very slightly bent and would benefit from being reset, lacquered, nice heavy gauge, engraving and decoration crisp, overall good condition For further queries please contact the Silver Department on +44(0)207 293 5100
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The arms are those of Durfort, Ducs de Duras accollée with those of Princes Rocco di Torrepadula, of Naples.

For further information about Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (1682?-after 1740), who famously collaborated between 1735 and 1740 with Henry-Guillaume Adnet in making the Duke of Kingston's tureens, which were designed and modelled by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, see Peter Fuhring, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Turin and London, 1999, vol. II, p. 454. 

For a discussion of candlesticks of this and similar designs, see Christopher Hartop, The Huguenot Legacy, English Silver 1680-1760, from the Alan and Simone Harman Collection, London, 1996, pp. 105-107, no. 9, four candlesticks, Paul Crespin, London, 1727.