A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS

Lot 17
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 189 000
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Lot 17 | A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS
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£ 100 000 – 150 000
A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1785, POSSIBLY BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE

Each rectangular leaftip-moulded backplate depicting a winged putto with one arm raised, surrounded by foliate garlands of flowers including daisies and roses, supporting a cassollette of classical design mounted with a portrait medallion of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette respectively beneath a closed crown headed by a fleur-de-lys and issuing lily and laurel-branches with three candle nozzles, drilled for electricity

30 1⁄2 in. (77.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide





Provenance

Almost certainly supplied circa 1785 for one of the French Royal residences.

The Property of the Estate of Belle Linsky', Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1988, lot 86 (for the wall-light with Marie-Antoinette's portrait).

Swiss Private Collection.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

G. & R. Wannenes, Les Bronzes Ornementaux et les Objets Montés, Milan, 2004, p. 264.

C. Vignon and C. Baulez, Pierre Gouthière, ciseleur-doreur du roi, 2017, cat. 28, fig. 64, p. 124.



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