Lot Essay
Microanalysis shows that the secondary wood is red pine, Pinus.
ENGLISH, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FEDERAL CARVED GILTWOOD WALL SCONCES
english, mid-19th century
Each with a spreadwing eagle grasping a ball and chain above a rocky plinth, issuing foliate and rope-twist carved candlearms with scrolled tendrils and terminating in reeded and beaded urn candlecups with a foliate-carved base
20¼in. high, 11in. wide (2)
english, mid-19th century
Each with a spreadwing eagle grasping a ball and chain above a rocky plinth, issuing foliate and rope-twist carved candlearms with scrolled tendrils and terminating in reeded and beaded urn candlecups with a foliate-carved base
20¼in. high, 11in. wide (2)