85 - RENNES 1735–1736

RENNES 1735–1736 Pair of repoussé and cast silver candlesticks with gadroons, ovals, and latticework motifs, engraved on the bowl with the combined coat of arms surmounted by a marquis’s crown: Jacques Vincent LE BORGNE de KERMORVAN (1700–1750) and Marie-Thérèse de la MARCHE (1706–1779), married on September 23, 1732. Master silversmith: Jean-Baptiste I BUCHET, admitted in 1724 Hallmarks: clearly hallmarked on the reverse, in the recess, with the hallmark extended around the rim. Weight: 1,070 g - height: 24.2 cm - base: 13.2 cm A similar piece, located at the Musée de Bretagne in Rennes and dated 1748–1749 by the same silversmith, appears on page 380 of the book *Les Orfèvres de Haute Bretagne*. I would like to thank Bastien LANCELOT, my colleague at the CNES, who identified the coat of arms.