A pair of gilt-bronze wall lights Directoire, circa 1790

each with a backplate in the form of a quiver of arrows with a flaming urn finial issuing leaf-cast drip-pans and fluted candlenozzles above a  berried foliate corbel

Colour of gilding darker and more natural than in the catalogue photograph. Gilt-bronze is dirty with minor verdigris and would benefit from a clean. They have been previously drilled for electricity and there is a large hole in the centre of each backplate which is partially hidden by the central candlearm where they were previously fixed to a wall with a large screw, but this could be filled. An attractive model. In overall good condition.
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