Live Auction 7999Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A PAIR OF BELGIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 510

A PAIR OF BELGIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF THEODORE MARNETTE, LIEGE, 1688

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 12,500

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A PAIR OF BELGIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF THEODORE MARNETTE, LIEGE, 1688
Each on circular base with foliage border, the stems with baluster foliage cast knop and foliage terminal with detachable plain nozzle, engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé, each marked under base and on nozzle
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
32 oz. (980 gr.) (2)

Specialist note

A pair of candlesticks, also dated 1688, of very similar form to the present examples were exhibited at the Musee de L'Art Wallon, Liege, 1991 L'Orfevrerie Civile Ancienne du Pay de Liege, no. 20 and are illustrated on page 83 of the exhibition catalogue.