Lot 56
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A FINE PAIR OF ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMELED BRONZE WALL SCONCES
The Property of a Gentleman
A FINE PAIR OF ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMELED BRONZE WALL SCONCES

ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU, CIRCA 1925

Details
A FINE PAIR OF ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMELED BRONZE WALL SCONCES
Armand-Albert Rateau, circa 1925
Each sconce featuring a realistically carved rock crystal nautilus shell, the bronze coral-shaped wall mount enameled in a mustard hue, each stamped on the wall mount A.A.RATEAU PARIS
each 7¼in. (18.4cm.) high, 3½in. (8.9cm.) wide, 5¾in. (14.6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Franck Olivier-Vial and Francois Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, 1992, p. 139 for an illustration of a similar wall sconce; Olivier-Vial and Rateau, p. 136 and Delorenzo Gallery, AA Rateau (exh. cat.) 1990, p. 75 for illustrations of Mrs. George Blumenthal's bathroom in the Château de Malbosc, near Grasse, in southern France, showing a similar pair of wall sconces in bronze and rock crystal.