A pair of Parisian ormolu wall sconces

Appliques d'époques Louis XV - image-1

Lot 816 Dα

A pair of Parisian ormolu wall sconces Appliques d'époques Louis XV

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.375 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Parisian ormolu wall sconces

Appliques d'époques Louis XV

Slender palm frond candle appliques with pierced terminals and foliate serpentine branches terminating in feathered drip pans and twisted foliate nozzles. The nozzles drilled for wiring which was later removed. H ca. 40, W ca. 28 cm.
France, around 1750 – 60.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/ Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen. Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizismus, Munich 1986, vol. I, illus. 2.11.9.