Lot n° 7
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
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Result
: 3 950EUR
TWO PAIRS OF FLAMBEAUX AND BOBECHES in silver (950). Model w - Lot 7
TWO PAIRS OF FLAMBEAUX AND BOBECHES in silver (950). Model with accolades around the rim, sides of the shaft, fillet molding on the foot, the base of the shaft and the base of the bobeche. Slight variations in the decoration of the two pairs of torches which, like the bobèches, are engraved with the same coat of arms in a shield of foliage and palm leaves stamped with a marquis's crown: quarterly, 1st and 4th argent, three leopards gules, 2nd and 3rd azure, three axes argent [Famille PICOT].
- For one pair: PARIS, Antoine PLOT (received master in 1729), 1737-1738 (letter-date X). Height (one torch) 22.5 cm; Diameter (foot) 13.5 cm; Weight (pair) 1010 g. - For the other pair: PARIS, unidentified silversmith (different: a flower at the end of its stem), 1740-1742 (letter-date A) (for two torches) and 1742-1743 (letter-date B inscribed under the rim of the foot of one). Height 23.7 cm; Diameter (foot) 13.7 and 14 cm; Weight (pair) 1154 g. For two bobèches: PARIS, unidentified silversmith, 1770-1771 (letter-date G) (for two bobèches). The other two bobèches are only swan-tested. Total weight of bobèches 180 g. Total weight of set: 2344 g. Traces of repair at the base of the shaft of one of the torches The PICOT family includes shipowners from Saint Malo, whose origins date back to the 15th century. They owned several seigneuries in Côtes-du-Nord and Ille-et-Vilaine. Among their titles: Vicomte de Plédran / seigneur du Clos-Rivière, de Bricourt, de La Giclais, du Boisfeuillet, de Prémesnil, de Gallinée, de Troguindy, du Plessis-Budes, de La Briantais, de Limoëlan, du Tertre-Jouan et de Beauregard / Sieur de Coëthual et des Croix.
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