PAIR OF SILVER TORCHES Master goldsmith Petrus Augustinus Ivens Brussels, 1751 The round contoured base, the fillet-moulded rim; decorated with cartouches and volutes, the baluster-shaped shaft, the vase-shaped spigot; engraved under the rim, for one IM/15-2; for the second IM /15 18; and two bobèches apparently without hallmarks. H. 26 cm (10 ¼ in.) Weight. : 1 Kg 020 Origin : Former Alfred Loewenstein collection (1877-1928) ; Mrs Alfred Loewenstein (1888-1938), née Madeleine Misonne, his widow; Countess Roger van der Straten Ponthoz, née Paule Misonne, his sister; Mrs André Haegelsteen née Michelle van der Straten Pontoz, his daughter; Regnier Haegelsteen, her son. Bibliography: For a similar torch model by the same silversmith, see L'Orfèvrerie au Poinçon de Bruxelles, n°170, p183. A pair of silver candlesticks, by Petrus Augustinus Ivens, Brussels, 1751