Antique Torches

Each sconce is surmounted by a sculptural quiver with arrows and a torch—symbolic motifs frequently associated with Enlightenment-era design and emblematic of the Louis XVI aesthetic.

This sculptural sconce is formed as a horizontally projecting arm terminating in a finely modeled hand grasping a torch-form candle holder, a classical motif symbolizing light and en...

This mid nineteenth century oval Louis XVI style gilt wood mirror is fitted with its original beveled mercury glass and features a crown of flowers and a classic crossed torch and qu...

Before her stands a jubilant host of angels and cherubs, as if enveloping her figure and lifting her upwards, whilst two of them hold aloft burning torches, bringing with them a rich...

Cast Iron andirons made from torch cut steel plate and industrial gears

Above is the square tapered Vert de Patricia marble column with a central Ormolu mount of a torch with the eternal flame. The torch is surrounded by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon.

The arched crest is beautifully adorned with a neoclassical arrangement of laurel wreath, crossed quiver and torch, and ribbon detailing ~ classical motifs symbolizing triumph, love,...

The cymatium features two crossed torches, while the lower part ends with two plant curls and a garland wrapped in ribbons in the center.

The central oval cartouche encloses a tightly woven wire mesh spark guard, overlaid with an applied trophy motif composed of a ribbon-tied quiver of arrows, a torch, and a sheathed b...

The importance of this grotto's passage has been noted throughout the centuries and this painting displays torches illuminating the interior while figures walking through as a method...

Cupid has discarded his bow beside fallen torches, from which fire spreads across the hearth, symbolizing the consuming and unpredictable power of love.

Additional gilt bronze motifs—including classical wreaths, torches, and stylized acanthus—provide ornamental sophistication and exceptional craftsmanship.

On the right, two cherubs burst in, one of them carrying a torch with which he illuminates the Truth as it returns to the light: essentially, the painting celebrates the theme of Tru...

Aurora precedes the sun's course and chases away the darkness of night, while a winged putto, representing twilight, raises a torch. Young girls, the Hours, dance around the sun in a...

The upper part, shaped like a flaming torch and flames, evokes symbols of power, victory, and conquest, widely used in the Empire period.

An Empire credenza with two wire-mesh front doors, framed by gilt bronze mounts in the form of wreaths, rosettes, and tapered torches. The top is fitted with a single frieze drawer, ...

19th century gilt bronze chandelier in the French Empire style with circular form with reticulated designs of rose flowers surmounted with neoclassical torches, and four electrified ...

A Fine French Japy Frères Gilt Bronze and Red Enamel Clock Garniture Set featuring putti & snail vases  The set features an architectural champlevé clock with a beveled glass bo...

French Louis XVI style (19th Cent) gilt open arm chair with carved crossed torches on back crest and upholstered in green stripe damask.

A pair of early 17th Century Baroque polychromed carved wood Angel sculptures with torch shaped candleholders.

Pair of Italian Renaissance style (19/20th Cent) iron life size page figures holding torch.

Forged in the Gothic tradition, the candelabra lamp features a tall iron stem with a subtle twist at the center, rising to a four-light cluster with decorative bobeches and hanging i...

An Exceptional Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Beaded Seven Light Russian Empire Style Drop Crystal Chandelier The beautiful crown with a frosted etched crystal ball and dome, abo...

The figure of Day holds a flaming torch and a garland of flowers, draped in a soft pink robe beside a large sunflower, symbolizing the rising sun.

Restoration: The tip of the flaming torch has been professionally and invisibly restored (a common repair for this fragile extremity).

Antique Pair of Matching Solid Gilt Bronze Female Winged Griffins Sphinx, Greek Egyptian Harpies, each holding a shield with wing torch, Harpies can refer to figures in Greek mythol...

A pair of French two-light bronze sconces from the 19th century, with ribbon-tied torches. Born in France during the 19th century, each of this pair of wall sconces features two ribb...

It has been modeled after a lion perched on a ball holding a white gold gilded torch.  

Each woman, draped in antique-style garments, stands gracefully with gilt anklets and her arms raised elegantly above her head to support a lighted torch. Their serene faces, marked ...

The obverse features Lady Liberty striding forward with torch and olive branch, while the reverse displays a majestic flying eagle above the rising sun.

White painted wall mirror having carved flaming torch and quiver giltwood decoration, above the original bevelled mirror plate enclosed in gilt-wood border.

This outstanding pair of Venetian carved wood torch sconces are easily wired if desired. Measures: 32".

The bronze surface is finished in a deep, rich dark patina, creating striking contrast with the brilliantly gilded torch and floral light arms she supports. Rising from her hand, the...

The upper back plate in the form of a tassel tied ribbon and the tapered slender bottom of the torch ending with an acorn finial. Circa: Paris, 1900.

The presence of figures on the axes of candelabras is not something new (remember the game for the Duke of Luynes; or, for example, the "Torches" that flank the staircase of honor of...

The front has two exquisite flame Mahogany doors with stately Ormolu key hole escutcheons in the form of fluted torches with a central tied bow and the eternal flame at the top.

The front face is decorated with a flaming torch, entwined with ribbons and a crown of branches of thorns in gilded and chased bronze.

Each chenet is modeled as a laurel draped flame torch raised on a fluted pedestal, connected by a bar decorated with a Vitruvian scroll.

The pedestals are adorned with a large scale palmette bands at the base and winged torches connected by swaging garlands, while flanked by charming urns with overflowing flowers.

The Torchbearer: Holds a flaming torch across his body, often symbolic of Hymen (marriage) or enlightenment.

The anterior surface of each handle is embellished with a ribbon tied floral tassel terminating with a crossed torch of love and a quiver of arrows. The posterior surface is ornamen...

Above is the square tapered Vert de Patricia marble column with a central Ormolu mount of a torch with the eternal flame. The torch is surrounded by a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon.

Saul, dressed in classical armor, collapses to the ground in fear and despair, while the witch recoils holding a torch, and two of Saul’s attendants stand terrified in the shadows.

Pair of antique (late 19th to early 20th century) andirons (chenets), finely sculpted and cast in bronze with gilt and patinated surfaces, depicting Cupid beside a flaming torch. 11...

One of the two cupids sympathetically holds a part of it with his hands, while his head turns towards the viewer; the second cupid, on the other hand, must have clumsily broken the t...

Item features carved figures to crest, drapes with torch and vine central design, white/beige painted upper plaque with gold gilt details.

Very impressive Large French 19 century Louis XVI style Cherub Figural Gilt Bronze Candelabrum finely modeled and cast gilt bronze depicting a standing putto (cherub) holding foliate...

Resting on an architectural scroll form adorned with a flaming torch and and arrow, the entire bronze composition is mounted on a rosso fiorentino carved marble base. 

Following an order from the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, dating from 1898, Agathon Léonard exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris his famous table centerpiece "Ga...

Gilt Bronze Chandelier depicting Cherub holding a torch and a wreath of various flowers. France, circa 1900. 6 lights.

Impressive 19th century Italian gondolier hand carved in hardwood with realistic detail, dressed in the typical hat, vest and sash, holding a torch and standing on a gondola set on a...

Each case is fitted with a single cupboard door framed by pilaster uprights applied with classical torch and foliate mounts. The doors display a large central oval plaque painted wit...

A superb quality and palatial pair of French 19th century lifesize cast-iron sculptures - torcheres of Native American Indians titled "L’ Indienne" designed by Jules Salmson (French,...

Large fire-gilded bronze pendulum clock on lion's paws with a rectangular pedestal featuring lyre and torch motifs. Above it rises the full-figure depiction of the god Apollo with a ...

Hand-carved in Italy circa 1880 from solid oak, each sculptural candleholder depicts a finely detailed Roman maiden holding a spiraled torch terminating in a candle cup. The figures ...

Made by the iconic Tom Greene for Feldman. Chic torch cut design with smoked glass panels. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Hand-carved with a crossed torch and quiver, clarinet, and leaf motif suspended from a knotted ribbon at the top, this narrow trumeau with original glass measures six feet in height ...