Pair of torches MARSEILLE 1744 - Lot 120

Pair of torches MARSEILLE 1744 A pair of silver torches, with a contoured stepped base decorated with acanthus leaves and stylized shells. The slightly torsoed baluster shaft is decorated with falling flowers and foliage on an amatized ground and adorned with a rocaille cartouche surmounted by a count's crown engraved with the interlaced monogram "ML". Master goldsmith: Antoine GIRAUD received in 1733. MARSEILLE 1744. Height: 27 Diameter: 14.7 cm Weight 1 700g Joint: a pair of silver bobèches by Paul SENEZ, received as master goldsmith in Marseille in 1752. Coat of arms partially faded. Weight 50 g Bibliogrpahy: RAYMOND JOURDAN-BARRY, Les orfèvres de la généralité d'Aix-en-Provence du XVIe siècle au début du XIXe siècle, F. DE NOBELE Libraire-éditeur, 1974 a torch reproduced in PLANCHE XLII.