Pair of silver two-armed light plates, with an embossed masc - Lot 130

Pair of silver two-armed light plates, with an embossed mascaron and two sphinxes framing the CHARRON D'ORMEILLE (or Dormelles) family coat of arms, set against a bitter background. The arms of foliage lights with putto-shaped attachments, the octagonal cross-section binnacles with wide pinched contoured bobèches, edged with openwork lambrequins. The plates are lined with plain silver leaf, holding a suspension ring. Foreign work of the 19th century Height : 32,5 cm Weight : 3.060 kg CHARRON D'ORMEILLE (or Dormelles), an old family of Breton origin (1558). This family bore "Azure a chevron between in chief two mullets and in base a wheel all Or". See : Antoine Le CHARRON (died 1653), seigneur de Dormelles, governor of the town and château of Montereau-Faut-Yonne, maréchal de camp, cornette of the Queen's company of chevau-légers; his daughter Elisabeth married Timoléon de COSSÉ-BRISSAC, lieutenant-general of the armies, knight of the King's orders, grand panetier of France.