A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHTH WALL APPLIQUES

OF REGENCE STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHTH WALL APPLIQUES
OF REGENCE STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a putto term figure holding two scrolling branches, one with three candle-holders, the other with two, with foliate drip-pans, the term's base decorated with vines, fitted for electricity
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high (4)

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Lot Essay

A variation of the present model described as modèle à enfant terme is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (ill. in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIè siècle, p. 89, fig. 92), and a closely related pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (ill. F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. III, New York, 1970, p.75, figs. 307a and b).

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