Lot 126
  • 126

Ensemble de quatre flambeaux de toilette en vermeil par Simone Miglie, Rome, vers 1720, dans leur écrin

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ensemble de quatre flambeaux de toilette en vermeil par Simone Miglie, Rome, vers 1720, dans leur écrin
  • silver-gilt
  • Haut. 8,5 cm, 587,5 g ; 3 1/4 in high, 18oz 17dwt
à pied se vissant, gravés d'armoiries, dans leur écrin en cuir fauve octogonal à la forme

Condition

in overall good condition - Probably later gilt. Nice set
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Catalogue Note

Les armes sont celles de la famille Sanchez de Luna, originaire d'Aragon (Espagne), Grands d'Espagne. Don Alonso III Sanchez de Luna participa en 1571 à la bataille de Lépante.
Ce bel ensemble de flambeaux de voyage a sans doute été fait pour Don Alonso Sanchez de Luna (1704-1781), 3ème duc di Sant'Arpino, patricien de Naples, qui épousa en premières noces en 1740 Barbara Pisani puis en secondes noces Donna Laure Caracciolo, fille du prince de Castagneto.