Paire de flambeaux et leurs bobèches en argent par Louis-Joseph Lenhendrick, Paris, 1753-1754

la bâte agrafée de coquilles et motifs feuillagés, l'ombilic ciselé de godrons torses, entourant trois médaillons ovales dont un gravé d'armoiries timbrées d'une couronne de comte, le fût  d'appliques feuillagées et guirlandes de fleurs, la bobèche gravée sur la tige des mêmes armoiries

armorial engraved on bodies and nozzles, the nozzles 1752/53

Usual dents and scratches, shafts of nozzles with dents, good clear marks, light overall wear but generally very nice condition. one candlestick with a small crack on the stem knot. Please note this pattern has not been created by Germain but by Lenhendrick himself. One of the nicest patterns in 18th century. Good weight.
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Ce modèle de flambeau créé par Thomas Germain est le modèle emblématique de Lenhendrick. Bernard Causse, dans son étude exhaustive, a relevé 108 exemplaires de ce flambeau, souvent vendus par paire de la même année, exécutés entre 1747 et 1774.
Pour une paire de saucières par Simon Bourguet gravées aux mêmes armoiries voir lot suivant.