A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES ROQUILLER-DESNOYERS, PARIS, 1785
Each on shaped circular base with three acanthus capped block feet, with quatrefoil and scroll border, the fluted stem cast with foliage swags, with fluted knop and detachable nozzle, each marked under base and on nozzle, the bases further struck with the dechargé of Henri Clavel II and Jean-François Kalendrin and with a later tax mark
11 in. (28 cm.) high
56 oz. 15 dwt. (1,766 gr.)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JEAN-CHARLES ROQUILLER-DESNOYERS, PARIS, 1785
Each on shaped circular base with three acanthus capped block feet, with quatrefoil and scroll border, the fluted stem cast with foliage swags, with fluted knop and detachable nozzle, each marked under base and on nozzle, the bases further struck with the dechargé of Henri Clavel II and Jean-François Kalendrin and with a later tax mark
11 in. (28 cm.) high
56 oz. 15 dwt. (1,766 gr.)