A Pair of Louis Xv Silver Three-Light Candelabra

Each on shaped circular base resting on three scrolls, the domed centre chased with panels applied with berry sprays interspaced by bell flowers and acanthus, the top of the pedestal cast with a crack to both sides, the stem formed as a leafy cherry tree being climbed by two putti, with three leafy scroll branches applied with berries and terminating in berried bouquets and detachable sockets, also with detachable leafy finial, engraved on base with coronet and monogram P1 o , one with engraved on the underside FAIT PAR F.T. GERMAIN SCULP r . ORF. re - DU ROY. AUX GALLERIES DU LOUVRE A PARIS 1757 and N o 52 – 119 m - 3 o - 4- g , the other engraved on the underside DU. N o 52, marked underneath with charge, maker’s mark, and date-letter (q); the sockets with traces of decharge for objects going abroad, one also with later French control mark to finial and sockets

Estimate:£1,000,000

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