Live Auction 7917The Spencer House Sale
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GILT-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS OF LOUIS XV STYLE
Lot 1074

A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GILT-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS OF LOUIS XV STYLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 13,750

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GILT-BRONZE THREE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS OF LOUIS XV STYLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
two stamped to the reverse 'GA105'
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 17 in. (43.8 cm.) wide (4)

Probably acquired by John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) or Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922) for the Dining Room at Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Thence by descent to Albert, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) at Spencer House, London, where they are recorded in the Great Room in 1926 and by descent thereafter at Althorp.