FRANCE, dernier quart du XVIIIème siècle Small hand-held candlestick with polylobed tray with fillets and six clasps, with spatulate grip on ring. The top is engraved with a wedding coat of arms in a cartouche, under a count's crown. Goldsmith's hallmark: Pierre Louis LOQUE, received Master in 1779. PARIS, 1783-1785. Weight: 129 g. Worn coat-of-arms, a few scratches and a few spots of oxidation. The coat of arms on the left resembles that of the Angevin de BEAUSSE family, without the flaming heart in the center, which is found on the coat of arms on the right.