Lot 119
119
Various Properties
AN ORMOLU HALL LANTERN, of Louis XIV style, surmounted by the Royal Crown of France, the stepped canopy with acanthus and festoon mounts, the duodenaric-sided body with glazed bevelled panels surmounted by bearded male herm mounts, the base cast with acanthus and lion masks with foliate terminal, fitted for electricity

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AN ORMOLU HALL LANTERN, of Louis XIV style, surmounted by the Royal Crown of France, the stepped canopy with acanthus and festoon mounts, the duodenaric-sided body with glazed bevelled panels surmounted by bearded male herm mounts, the base cast with acanthus and lion masks with foliate terminal, fitted for electricity
19in. (48cm.) wide; 47in. (119.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

This is a replica of the celebrated Versailles lantern, illustrated in H. Harvard, Dictionnaire de l'Ameublement et de la Decoration, Paris, circa 1893, Vol. 3, pl. 15.

An identical lantern was sold at Sotheby's, New York, The Keck Collection, 4th December 1991, lot 190.

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