TWO PAIRS OF SILVER FLAMBEAUX AND BOBECHES BY... Lot 1006

TWO PAIRS OF SILVER FLAMBEAUX AND BOBECHES BY NICOLAS BESNIER, PARIS, VERS 1717 The circular base with rim decorated with shells and foliage, the knot with oves, the baluster shaft with sides, engraved with a fall of Regency motifs and medallions with profiles of ancient characters on an amati background, the top knot with geometric decoration, the taper with foliage, the matching bobèches with twisted gadroon decoration, engraved on the bases and bobèches of a crest with a baron's tortilla, numbered under each base "27 x 8", "25 x 12", "27 x 8" and "27x", punches under a base: charge, jurande (letter A) and maître-orfèvre; under a second one: charge and maître-orfèvre; on the edges of the last two torches: punch of the unloaded small works for 1717-1722 H.: 23 cm. (9 in.) 3317 gr. (106.60 oz.) Provenance Christie's London Sale, James Christie Esq. 18 March 1959, lot 131 (sold £110). Sj Phillips, 20 June 1967. Estimate (USD 47,624 - USD 71,436) To bid, please see the "Auction Information" section.