SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU FIVE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a putto term figure holding two scrolling branches, one with three candle-holders, the other with two, with foliate drip-pans, the term's base decorated with vines, fitted for electricity
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1982, lot 29.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A variation of the present model described as modèle à enfant terme is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (ill. in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés français du XVIIIè siècle, p. 89, fig. 92), and a closely related pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (ill. F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. III, New York, 1970, p.75, figs. 307a and b). Further related examples include a pair sold anonymously, Sotheby's, 19 April 2007, lot 30 ($11,400 including premium), a further pair sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 28 October 2003, lot 96, and another sold more recently, anonymously, Christie's, London, 29 September 2005, lot 125.

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