Lot 68
68
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
Of Louis XVI style, 19th Century
Each with a backplate with a putto holding oak-leaf swags and surmounted by a swagged urn finial, with upspringing branches with reeded and leaf-wrapped drip-pans and conforming nozzles, fitted for electricity
20½ in. (52 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note these wall lights are Louis XVI, circa 1775, and not as stated in the catalogue. The estimate has been raised to £15,000 - 20,000.

Lot Essay

A virtually identical pair of wall lights was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 23 February 1986, lot 877. A similar model with three candle-branches is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 173, figs. 3.5.5 and 3.5.7.

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