These wall-lights are closely related to two separate pairs that were designed and supplied by Claude Galle to the Grand Trianon on 23 December 1809.. Both pairs have griiffin supports of this type, althought with slightly different backplates. One pair were supplied for the Emperor's Grand cabinet at a cost of 1,200 francs. The griffins support spheres with seven arrow branches. The other pair, supplied for the Emperors's chambre à coucher, cost only 860 francs and had scrolled branches of a similar type to the present lot. Originally the griffins held a crowned N in its paws but not surprisingly this was removed at the Restauration (see: D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, Meubles et Objets d'Art, Paris, 1975, p. 118 and p. 166 and H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et. al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 357, fig. 5.10.6)