These wall-lights are closely related to the two pairs supplied by Claude Galle to the Grand Trianon on 23 December 1809. One pair, with seven arrow branches was supplied for the Emperor's Grand Cabinet at a cost of 1,200 francs, while the other, supplied for the Emperor's chambre à coucher at a cost of only 860 francs, had scrolled branches. Origianlly each griffin held a crowned N in its paws but not surprisingly this was removed at the Restauration (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, Meubles et Objets d'Art, Paris, 1975, p. 118 and p. 166 and H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 357, fig. 5.10.6). A further pair was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 8 December 1994, lot 501