Lot Essay
A set of four near identical wall lights were sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 23 June 1976, lot 125, (16,000 French francs)
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (Lots 346-372)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
In the form of a long-tailed parrot its wings spread, seated on a scrolled, acanthus-sheathed, bead-and-chain-decorated branch terminating in a flowerhead drip-pan surmounted by a rocaille-sheathed urnform bobèche, surmounted by two staggerred branches of similar design, the lower with reeded drip-pan and urn-form bobèche with rosette-and-chain-decorated belly and leaf-tip-decorated lip, the upper with lobate drip pan the underside with scrolled edge and rocaille and bead-and-chain decoration, surmounted by a leaf and reeded rocaille-sheathed bobèche, drilled for electricity
20½in. (52cm.) high, 12¾in. (32cm.) wide, 6¾in. (17cm.) deep (2)
In the form of a long-tailed parrot its wings spread, seated on a scrolled, acanthus-sheathed, bead-and-chain-decorated branch terminating in a flowerhead drip-pan surmounted by a rocaille-sheathed urnform bobèche, surmounted by two staggerred branches of similar design, the lower with reeded drip-pan and urn-form bobèche with rosette-and-chain-decorated belly and leaf-tip-decorated lip, the upper with lobate drip pan the underside with scrolled edge and rocaille and bead-and-chain decoration, surmounted by a leaf and reeded rocaille-sheathed bobèche, drilled for electricity
20½in. (52cm.) high, 12¾in. (32cm.) wide, 6¾in. (17cm.) deep (2)