Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise, Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Messionnier (Silver Sun Made by the Carmelites of Poitiers in 1727), Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750, Benoit Audran, French, 1698 - 1772, Engraving on white laid paper, Candlestick on footed pedestal; curved feet and central medallion depicting a lamb. Flanking pedestal are two putti heads gazing upward. Body of candlestick made of twisted grapevines and bunches of grapes, leaves, and wheat stalks; ends in a large sun

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