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ONE PAIR 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHER PAIR EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE BRANCHES INDISTINCTLY MARKED '.. ION'
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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
ONE PAIR 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHER PAIR EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE BRANCHES INDISTINCTLY MARKED '.. ION'
Each with tapering and stop-fluted backplates mounted with a ring- bearing lion's mask and with a stepped capital surmounted by a laurel-swagged flaming vase finial, issuing acanthus and husk-cast scrolling branches hung with oak-garlands and terminating in vase-shapped nozzles and circular drip-pans, drilled for electricity, the drip-pans later drilled to be hung with drops, some elements transposed between the two pairs, minor differences in chasing
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide (4)
ONE PAIR 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHER PAIR EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE BRANCHES INDISTINCTLY MARKED '.. ION'
Each with tapering and stop-fluted backplates mounted with a ring- bearing lion's mask and with a stepped capital surmounted by a laurel-swagged flaming vase finial, issuing acanthus and husk-cast scrolling branches hung with oak-garlands and terminating in vase-shapped nozzles and circular drip-pans, drilled for electricity, the drip-pans later drilled to be hung with drops, some elements transposed between the two pairs, minor differences in chasing
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) wide (4)
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