A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED WALL-LIGHTS
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED WALL-LIGHTS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH ORMOLU AND BLUE-PAINTED WALL-LIGHTS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE
Each cast with a lyre-shaped backplate headed by a mask of Mercury with ribbon-tied flowering branches and tassels and suspended by a long ribbon, the candle branches cast with berried laurel, two stamped MS.L/1970 and MS/1970, one stamped E4, another E3, the blue plates replaced, lacking one upper element, drilled for electricity
56¾ in. (144 cm.) high (4)

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For further information on this model of wall light, please see note to lot 1045.

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