Pair of silver torches and their wicks, decorated with fluting; the round base on three console feet with acanthus leaves, the borders with mouldings of enrubanised fillets, the umbilicus with doucine, the baluster shaft decorated in relief with garlands of laurel, the neck chased with rosettes, the godronned binet, the circular wicks. Engraved on the torches and the wicks probably with the marriage arms of Pierre de Bordenave, Attorney General of His Majesty in his Parliament of Navarre and Elisabeth-Charlotte de Delley, who died on April 19, 1853 at the age of 92, daughter of François, Baron of Aschères and Charlotte de Salignac de La Motte Fénelon. Master goldsmith Nicolas Gonthier, received in 1768 Paris, 1776-1777 and 1777-1778 (for a torch) H. 27.8 cm. PB. 1K600 (Accidents and small restorations under the base) Provenance : Sale at the Hôtel des Chevau-Légers in Versailles, 27 June 1978, n°34, reproduced on the cover of the catalog (attribution erroneous in the description) Expert : Marie de Noblet