Lot 186 Dα

An exceptional pair of ormolu appliqués with a quiver and torch

Three flame wall lights formed from numerous separately cast and screw-mounted pieces. Each with a column like back panel suspended from a drapery drawn through two rings on either side with large bows. Before it the crossed quiver and torch. The pilaster clasped by two vertical rows of foliage, beneath which fruiting grape vines. With three foliate clasped curved branches issuing from a large scroll, terminating in twisted drip pans and nozzles. H ca. 60, W ca. 25 cm.
Paris, circa 1780 – 85.