A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu three-light wall appliques

CIRCA 1880

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A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu three-light wall appliques
Circa 1880
Each back-plate as a ribbon-tied serpent-hung lyre, above a satyr-mask and musical trophies, issuing foliate-cast vine-festooned scrolled cornucopiae branches, one stamped C to the reverse, drilled for electricity
29¼in. (74.3cm.) high (2)

Literature

see H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p.242, for illustrations of similar models

Lot Essay

The design for the present appliques derives from several 18th century examples. A similar model from the Hôtel de Deux-ponts, circa 1780, but without trophy finials, may be found at Aschaffenburg Castle. Another pair, circa 1780, this time without the serpents, is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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