A pair of candlesticks - after the model of François Thomas Germain Louis XV style 916/1000 silver decoration en relief "Plant motifs" Portuguese small signs of use onze dinheiros warranty mark and maker's mark of Torcato José Clavina Bernardes from Lisbon (1813-1848), candle guards without marks, pursuant to Decreto-Lei No. 120/2017, of September 15 - art. 2, no. 2, paragraph c) Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 29,5 cm; Peso - 2.647 g. Notes: This pair of candlesticks (or a pair of the same set) was part of the former collection of the Counts of Aurora, in Ponte de Lima, and is reproduced in em SANTOS, Reynaldo dos; QUILHÓ, Irene - "Ourivesaria Portuguesa nas Colecções Particulares". Lisboa: Edição de Autor, 1974, pp. 42-43, fig. 23. For original candlesticks by François Thomas Germain commissioned by the Portuguese royal house see GODINHO; Isabel Silveira - "A Baixela de Sua Majestade Fidelíssima: Uma Obra de François Thomas Germain". Lisbon: Ajuda National Palace, 2002, p. 376. Vd. ALMEIDA, Fernando Moitinho de; CARLOS, Rita - "Inventário de Marcas de Pratas Portuguesas e Brasileiras - Século XV a 1887". Lisbon: IN-CM, 2018, L-62 and L-603.