Question

I wonder what does 'BF' stand for on gilt bronze pieces from the 19th century?

I got this louis xv chandelier with those marks.
As it appears there are many gilt bronze decorations on google wit that signature but I can't find what it stands for.

 

Short of a maker's mark, could it just mean, "bronze finish"?

 

I don't know. It's certainly gilt brone
Heres my chandelier


and here is the same BF mark on a decoration of a table

 

Why don't you post a photograph of your chandelier when you've unveiled it? Hard to identify as is with 19th century. And an in-focus, close-up photograph of the BF mark?

Debora

 

I only have a bad photo of it, it's in storage and really complicated to unwrap. I can eventually take a picture of that BF mark.
It's okay tho, I just thought someone had any clue what 'BF' means.