Lot n° 74
Estimation :
6000 - 10000
EUR
TOURS 1697 - Lot 74
TOURS 1697
Pair of silver "à la financière" torches, late 17th century, Louis XIV period.
Torches resting on a square molded base.
The bowl is hollowed out to receive the wax.
Baluster-shaped shaft with 2 knots and concave tapering.
Late 17th-century TOURS hallmarks not yet listed (including the charge hallmark with 2 leaning "E" and the crown discharge).
Sworn hallmarks for TOURS 1697 ("Y" crowned).
Master goldsmith's hallmark: Françoise BAUDOUIN, widow of Abraham RENOU (hallmark with initials "FB", V in point, all surmounted by two crowned towers).
Well-punched pair (bases, bells and binnacles).
Height : 17.5 cm.
Weight: 802.6 grams.
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