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A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
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A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES

CIRCA 1690-1700 WITH PSEUDO MARKS

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A SET OF FOUR ENGLISH OR DUTCH SILVERED BRASS TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
CIRCA 1690-1700 WITH PSEUDO MARKS
In the Charles I style, the shaped backplate embossed and chased with two seated figures flanking a flaming urn above a bosse reflector with a scallop shell terminal underneath, the later scrolling branches with cinquefoil drip-pans and baluster sockets, drilled for electricity, engraved on reverse 'UPHOLDERS HALL NO 24 ', 'RS UPHOLD = HALL NO = 10 = WT = 27 ', 'RS UPHOLD=HALL NO =11 = WT = 29 ' AND 'RS UPHOLD HALL NO = 6 = WT = 27='
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

An identical sconce, one of a pair engraved 'Upholders Hall' No 11 and No12, is illustrated in R. Gentle and R. Feild, Domestic Metalwork 1640 - 1820, Woodbridge, 1994, p. 197, Plate 3.
The Upholders or upholsters are one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London formed on 1 March 1360 and incorporated by a Royal Charter granted by King Charles II in the year 1626. Although today the company does not have a hall, it was based before the Great Fire in Wingfield House or Wingfield Place, between Lambeth Hill and St. Peters Hill in the parish of St. Peters, in the Ward of Baynard Castle.

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