Pair of silver FLAMPS, the round base with a doucine decorated with a frieze of ovals, the ringed shaft decorated with a pearled frieze and a garland, the tap decorated with gadroons and a pearled frieze, figured on the base Lille, 1786 Master silversmith: Louis François Joseph DEVAUCENNE, received in 1778 H.: 28 cm Weight: 1kg260 (a pair of bobèches by the same silversmith but under his diamond-shaped hallmark from the very end of the 18th century is attached)

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