CIRCA 1820

Details

A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
CIRCA 1820
Each modeled as a putto holding aloft foliate branches issuing a bouquet, some impressed x to leaves, drilled for electricity
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 15 in. (38 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired from René Weiller, Paris, via Rosenberg and Steibel, New York, in 1957.

Literature

F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. II, Greenwich, 1966, p. 420, no. 232.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A pair of this model almost certainly from the collections of Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), and later his granddaughter Sybil (née) Sassoon, later Marchioness of Cholmondeley, was sold Christie's London, 6 December 1979, lot 122. A further related pair from the collection of the late Sir Cecil Beaton CBE at Reddish House, Broadchalke, Wiltshire, sold Christie's, house sale, 9 June 1980, lot 56.

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