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Notes: 1. This pair of candelabra integrated the “French Art
Exhibition, predominantly 18th C. goldsmiths”, and they
are represented in the correspondent catalogue nr 207 and 208.
Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 1934, p. 54 and Est. 64.
The Exhibition catalogue identifies the following marks:
of the maker; two of the “adjudicataire-géneral”, Julien Alaterre
(1768-1775); of the Paris goldsmiths decoration (F - 1769-1770)
and the review one (female head). The review mark
on the serpentines is a “head with helmet”.
2. Similar candelabra are to be found at the Metropolitan Museum
of New York City: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
works-of-art/48.187.389ab,.390ab; and at The Getty Centre
in Los Angeles:http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/
artObjectDetails?artobj=6688.