Three pairs of gilt and green painted bronze wall lights with enamel flowers - image-1

Lot 358 Dα

Three pairs of gilt and green painted bronze wall lights with enamel flowers

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
17.11.2022, 14:30 - Decorative Arts - Sculpture Bronze Furniture Textiles
Estimate: 18.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 47.880 € (incl. premium)

Three pairs of gilt and green painted bronze wall lights with enamel flowers

With polychrome enamel on copper. Two-flame wall lights designed as twisted flowering branches, the drip pans and nozzles painted with floral garlands and strapwork. Minor restorations to the enamel, wired for electricity. H back panel c. 22 cm.
Vienna, mid-18th C.

Identical appliques can be found in the Chinese Room in Schönbrunn Palace, the furnishing of which was begun in 1747.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.