PARIS 1750 - 1751 A pair of silver torches and their wicks. They stand on a poly-lobed base with a double doucine moulded with nets and crossed ribbons on the first one, enhanced with three clasps on the second one as a reminder of the knot and the binet. It is engraved with a coat of arms surmounted by a marquis crown, in a medallion framed by palms and foliage. The umbilicus is decorated with twisted flutes. The hexagonal shaft alternates plain sides and lanceolate leaves topped by a garland rising from a capital. The tap, in the shape of a vase, is bordered by ovals. On the reverse, the candleholders are engraved with the numbers N°2 and N°3 as well as the bobèches N°2 and N°4, indicating a probable series of six or twelve. Master goldsmith : Alexis LOIR, received in 1733 Weight : 1907,1 g - height : 27,1 cm - diameter : 15,2 cm Marks : the bobèches punched inside the master goldsmith, the charge, the common house and discharged on the cup, as well as the inside of the binet and on the reverse side Condition : tears inside the bobèches PARIS 1750 - 1751 A pair of silver candlesticks and their bobeches Master silversmith: Alexis LOIR