A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND BRONZE TWO-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS

LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BALTIC

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND BRONZE TWO-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS
Late 18th Century, probably Baltic
Each with anthemion finial above a sphere, the diamond-shaped back plate with elephant head issuing a foliate branch and tamed lion head with engine-turned drip pan, nozzle and attachment, the boss with sphere and inverted anthemion, restorations, possibly Baltic
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The lozenged frames, conceived in the late 18th Century Egyptian manner and formed like mirrored obelisks tipped with lotus-flowered 'Osiris' sun-discs, frame an elephant-head, such as feature on Roman marble candelabra illustrated in G.B. Piranesi's, Vasi, candelabri, cippi.. Rome, 1769. Related sconces, sold anonymously, A.P. Tajan Paris, 17 March 1975, lot 17, each had a single scroce supported by an 'Anubis' jackel-head.

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