![Pair of silver torches (950) with turned shafts decorated with leaf friezes, three lion's heads alternating with palmettes in grained boxes and twisted flutes, and ringed with crossed fillets and ribbons, on a circular molded base with umbilicus with leaf friezes with palmettes and quatrefoils and three-lobed lambrequins openwork with fleurons.
Turned tap on pedestal with leaf frieze.
Goldsmith's hallmark on one: Gilles Claude GOUEL, received Master May 20, 1727.
PARIS, Charge [A] and Discharge [crowned chick] marks for 1726-1732 and Jurande [N] marks for August 1729 - September 1730.
Total weight: 911 g. - H. 21.1 cm - Diam. bases : 12.7 cm.
Without bobèches.
Wear and some scratches, restorations and some cracks under the bases, slightly deformed.
Gilles Claude GOUEL came from a dynasty of Parisian silversmiths. He lived on the Quai des Orfèvres, then in 1748 moved to the Pont Saint-Michel, parish of Saint-Barthélemy. In 1751, he became guardian of the guild, and in 1764 Grand-garde. He died in 1767.
The frieze of openwork lambrequins with fleurons on the base of our torches can be found on the bases of the pair of torches by Michel III Filassier (1694-1745), dating from 1711-1712 [in J. Kugel, Orfèvrerie française, La collection Jourdan-Barry, Fiorepubblicità, Florence, 2005, Tome I, p.110, n° 71 & Tome II, pp. 34-35, n° 71].](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/fullHD/58/174442/68e5736f0bc197b239cd7d709bb8420b)
Pair of silver torches (950) with turned shafts decorated with leaf friezes, three lion's heads alternating with palmettes in grained boxes and twisted flutes, and ringed with crossed fillets and ribbons, on a circular molded base with umbilicus with leaf friezes with palmettes and quatrefoils and three-lobed lambrequins openwork with fleurons. Turned tap on pedestal with leaf frieze. Goldsmith's hallmark on one: Gilles Claude GOUEL, received Master May 20, 1727. PARIS, Charge [A] and Discharge [crowned chick] marks for 1726-1732 and Jurande [N] marks for August 1729 - September 1730. Total weight: 911 g. - H. 21.1 cm - Diam. bases : 12.7 cm. Without bobèches. Wear and some scratches, restorations and some cracks under the bases, slightly deformed. Gilles Claude GOUEL came from a dynasty of Parisian silversmiths. He lived on the Quai des Orfèvres, then in 1748 moved to the Pont Saint-Michel, parish of Saint-Barthélemy. In 1751, he became guardian of the guild, and in 1764 Grand-garde. He died in 1767. The frieze of openwork lambrequins with fleurons on the base of our torches can be found on the bases of the pair of torches by Michel III Filassier (1694-1745), dating from 1711-1712 [in J. Kugel, Orfèvrerie française, La collection Jourdan-Barry, Fiorepubblicità, Florence, 2005, Tome I, p.110, n° 71 & Tome II, pp. 34-35, n° 71].
Estimate
€2,500 - €3,000
Result
€5,000
Buyer's premium
26.4%
Pair of silver torches (950) with turned shafts decorated with leaf friezes, three lion's heads alternating with palmettes in grained boxes and twisted flutes, and ringed with crossed fillets and ribbons, on a circular molded base with umbilicus with leaf friezes with palmettes and quatrefoils and three-lobed lambrequins openwork with fleurons.
Turned tap on pedestal with leaf frieze.
Goldsmith's hallmark on one: Gilles Claude GOUEL, received Master May 20, 1727.
PARIS, Charge [A] and Discharge [crowned chick] marks for 1726-1732 and Jurande [N] marks for August 1729 - September 1730.
Total weight: 911 g. - H. 21.1 cm - Diam. bases : 12.7 cm.
Without bobèches.
Wear and some scratches, restorations and some cracks under the bases, slightly deformed.
Gilles Claude GOUEL came from a dynasty of Parisian silversmiths. He lived on the Quai des Orfèvres, then in 1748 moved to the Pont Saint-Michel, parish of Saint-Barthélemy. In 1751, he became guardian of the guild, and in 1764 Grand-garde. He died in 1767.
The frieze of openwork lambrequins with fleurons on the base of our torches can be found on the bases of the pair of torches by Michel III Filassier (1694-1745), dating from 1711-1712 [in J. Kugel, Orfèvrerie française, La collection Jourdan-Barry, Fiorepubblicità, Florence, 2005, Tome I, p.110, n° 71 & Tome II, pp. 34-35, n° 71].