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1697 - Christofle, France. Pair of large silver plate candelabras designed by Leon Mallet (French, 19th century) with ornamentation by Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912) and Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1848-1913), circa 1860. Each with crest of Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil along the armorial shield decorations along the lower base. Each stamped with a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the edge of the base. Each further numbered 201531 and 201532 along the underside. Each up and bobeche marked with corresponding letters for assembly. Each with a modern custom wooden box. Also with the non original addition of pear shaped finials with Ottoman imperial Tughra and Sah hallmarks along dowels, indicating 800 to 900 silver. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and the Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. (Each) Height: 34 in x diameter: 19 in. Gross weight, approximate: 31,800 g.
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Christofle, France. Pair of large silver plate candelabras designed by Leon Mallet (French, 19th century) with ornamentation by Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912) and Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1848-1913), circa 1860. Each with crest of Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil along the armorial shield decorations along the lower base. Each stamped with a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the edge of the base. Each further numbered 201531 and 201532 along the underside. Each up and bobeche marked with corresponding letters for assembly. Each with a modern custom wooden box. Also with the non original addition of pear shaped finials with Ottoman imperial Tughra and Sah hallmarks along dowels, indicating 800 to 900 silver. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and the Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. (Each) Height: 34 in x diameter: 19 in. Gross weight, approximate: 31,800 g.
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