Lot 167
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN
Each with an eagle head and foliate wall mount holding an entwined serpent issuing the scale-filled foliate and berried nozzles, the nozzles re-threaded
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide; 8¾ in. (22 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

A related example of almost identical design, but probably of French origin, is in Delisle collection and is illustrated in P.-M. Favelac, Directoire, Empire, n.d., p. 49.

A further identical pair of Empire wall-lights was sold, Christie's London, 14 June 1990, lot 10 (£7,480).

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