A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1750

Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
circa 1750
Each with scrolling foliate backplate issuing scrolling foliate candlearms cast with pierced ovolos and terminating in asymmetrically-cast nozzles, drilled for electricity
22½in. (57cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Burgers Collection, Château de Malagny, sold Lucerne (Switzerland), 25 August 1932, lot 74

Lot Essay

A nearly identical pair of appliques formerly in the collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, is illustrated in F.J.B.Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol.III, 1966, p.407, no. 220A, B. Other pairs were sold from the Burat Collection, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 17 June 1937, lot 88, and Christie's Monaco, 5 December 1992, lot 19.