PAIR OF SILVER TORCHES AND TWO CANDLEHOLDERS Master silversmith Jacques Tostée, received in 1698 Rochefort, circa 1711-1713 The hexagonal base with moulded sides, the hexagonal baluster shaft with knots, the spigot and the bobèche with eight moulded sides. Marks : - Charge mark - Sworn hallmark - Goldsmith's hallmark - Discharge hallmark H. 20 cm (7 ¾ in.) Weight: 977 gr. Comparative bibliography : E. Pailloux, Orfèvres et Poinçons XVIIe XVIIIe XIXe S. Poitou - Angoumois - Aunis - Saintonge, Librairie Pailloux, 1962, pp. 356-361-374. A pair of silver candlesticks and two bobeches, by Jacques Tostee, Rochefort, circa 1711-1713