Pair of silver torches, the round moulded base,... Lot 31

Pair of silver torches, the round moulded base, the shaft of baluster form, girdled with a flat fillet; the cylindrical binnacle; engraved later with the coat of arms of the family of La ROCHE-AYMON, surmounted by a count's crown and a helmet; and two silver bobèches. Province XVIIIth century. Hallmark of Master Goldsmith Raynaud LEVIEUX, registered in 1681 (obtained the approval of the master of the judge of the Mint of Montpellier in 1671, but had to wait for his Letters until 1687). Nîmes, 1694-1698 (accidents). Height : 18 cm - Weight : 880 g Provenance : Sale CHASSAING, Rivet, Fournier, Toulouse, 16 February 1988. Bibliography : Catalogue of the exhibition Orfèvrerie civile de Montpellier et du Languedoc, Musée languedocien, Montpellier, 1996, described and reproduced, n°111.