Lot 208
  • 208

A pair of gilt-bronze neo-classical wall lights Louis XVi, late 18th century

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • each 58cm. high, 1ft. 11in.
each with a ribbon-tied tapering fluted backplate supporting two reeded acanthus leaf cast candlearms with foliate and berried bulbous candle-nozzles, with a foliate finial; drilled for electricity

Condition

Colour of gilding less greenish and more golden and attractive than in the catalogue illustration. Unusual model possibly made by a foreign bronzier working in Paris. One arm resoldered. In overall good condition.
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