Lot 1138
  • 1138

A pair of Provincial Louis XV silver chambersticks and two salvers, Aix and Marseilles, 1747, 1759, 1770, and circa 1770

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Silver
  • diameter of salvers approx. 12 in.
  • 30.5 cm
the first chamberstick with molded borders, the handle engraved with arms, Jean-Joseph Bougarel, Aix, 1759; the second with gadroon borders, maker's mark CM?, Aix, 1747; a shaped circular salver, initialed in center, Ignace Colombier, Marseilles, 1770; and another, similar, possibly by the same, c. 1770

Provenance

Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Condition

chamberstick pans with scratches from removing wax; first salver with traces of old engraving in center, second a little bright, otherwise good, salvers useful size
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