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Two-light branch
Attributed to: Joseph-Pierre-Jacques Duguay (French, born 1724, master 1756, recorded 1793)
1737–38
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
16.2 x 15.2 cm (6 3/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection
Accession Number1993.377.1
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a pair of cast two-light branches. The long, plain base rises into a flaring foliage center with a bunch of grapes forming the finial resting on a trifoil foliage base. The scrolling foliage arms are chased with husk and rise to two circular bobeches with spiraled cushion bases of alternating flutes and gadroons. The bobeches are plain with reeded rims. The attached nozzles are vase shaped with gadrooned bases rising to alternating flutes and gadroons with slightly flared rims.
Marks
Maker's Mark: none, see 1993.377.2. Warden's Mark: 1737-1738: a crowned X (Dennis, 48). Other: several small illegible marks.
InscriptionsMaker's Mark: none, see 1993.377.2. Warden's Mark: 1737-1738: a crowned X (Dennis, 48). Other: several small illegible marks.
Provenance1912, Sold by Leon Helft to Fr. Guerault, Paris; 1925, Jacques de Chefdebien; 1939, J. Helft; 1950, Rediscovered at a Milano antique dealer.