CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO RAVRIO

Details

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Circa 1820, attributed to Ravrio
Each in the form of a winged cherub holding a lyre issuing from acanthus wrapped leaved, surmounted by foliate cast candlearms
28in. (71cm.) high, 11¾in. (30cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

By repute the Earls of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers

Lot Essay

A similar pair of wall-lights is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. 5434). Another pair attributed to the ciseleur-doreur Antoine André Ravrio was delivered to the Grand Trianon in 1813

deux beaux bras en bronze ciselé et doré, enfants ailés, terminés à la partie inferiéure par une palmette, les dits portant un brandon à cinq branches à trompe hauteur 29cm