Sur base circulaire à doucine, le fût balustre agrémenté de toupies supportant une large bobèche sous un binet en forme de bobine, démontable en cinq parties tenues par une tige centrale en fer, apparemment sans poinçon; poinçon de contrôle postérieur français
H. 41.5 cm. (16³⁄₈ in.)
Poids brut: 6063 gr. (194 oz. 18 dwt.)

THREE SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER AND SILVER-PLATED ALTAR CANDLESTICKS
PROBABLY PERU, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Each on circular stepped base, the baluster knopped stem with drip-pan and bobin shaped socket, made up of fives parts held with a central steel rod, apparently unmarked; with later French control mark

This very modern and somehow austere model of candlesticks was generally made in Spain and Spanish colonial areas in South America in the 17th century.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York holds in its collection a similar set of four dated 1662 and dedicated to Our Lady of the Pomegranate, acquired in 2017 with the Wrightsman Fellows Gifts (2017.356.1–.4) (see illustration).

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Ce modèle de flambeaux épurés et austère se retrouve surtout en Espagne et en Amérique du Sud dont le Pérou au XVIIe siècle. Le Metropolitan Museun of Art à New York possède dans ses collections un ensemble de quatre dédiés à Our Lady of the Pomegranate gravés de la date 1662 et attribué au Pérou, acquis en 2017 par Wrightsman Fellows Gifts (2017.356.1–.4) (voir illustration).