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Candlestick
Probably by: Toussaint Martin III
French (Paris)
1702–03
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.378.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a set of four candlesticks. Cast, with molded, welled octagonal bases rising to octagonal baluster stem and knop. Stem terminates in a campana nozzle.
Marks
Maker's Mark: a crowned fleur-de-lis, two grains, TM, an undeciphered device between. Christie's says that the mark is that of Martin, making the device a vase or an urn. It is described but not illustrated in Nocq, p.206. Warden's Mark: 1702-1703: a crowned I, also not illustrated but similar in form to the previous and following year's Warden's marks. Charge Mark: 1697-1704: an A with a scepter and hand of justice (Dennis, 79). Other: mark for old work 1798(?): a hatchet (Tardy, p.166).
InscriptionsEngraved crest in well depicts a hand holding three flowers.