A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS, each with lyre-shaped channelled back-plate with laurel-wreath surmounted by an Apollo mask on a starburst, the central rosette issuing two laurel branches with scalloped drip-pans and simulated candles, above a foliate boss, fitted for electricity, with white pleated-silk demi-shade, with signs of polychrome decoration underneath, 19th Century

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS, each with lyre-shaped channelled back-plate with laurel-wreath surmounted by an Apollo mask on a starburst, the central rosette issuing two laurel branches with scalloped drip-pans and simulated candles, above a foliate boss, fitted for electricity, with white pleated-silk demi-shade, with signs of polychrome decoration underneath, 19th Century
12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide; 24in. (61cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place, Salisbury, Wiltshire, sold Christie's house sale, 25 and 26 October 1993, lot 155

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