Pair of Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces

A Very Fine Pair of Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces in the Empire taste. Great Detail. Original gilding. France, circa 1900. 2 lights each Dimensions: Height 24" (excluding candles) Width...

A superb pair of gilt bronze regency style wall sconces. The back plate depicting Athena wearing a helmet with petals issuing "S" scrolled arms in two levels. A collectors piece. F...

Pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze wall sconces by Henri Vian. Exquisite Ribbon Detail and Trellis work. France, circa 1900. Dimensions: CW4947.

A Fine Pair of French fire gilt bronze two light candle sconces in the Louis XVI Neoclassical style, having a ribbon tied quiver form & backplate issuing curved arms with beaded nozz...

A superb pair of late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze three-light sconces. The backplate formed as a bow knotted ribbon continuing to a floral wreath, a sun-god mask and a ...

Each with three outward scrolling candlelights in the form of a hunting horn, mounted on tasseled-swag encircled by a wreath of oak leaves.

A large and elaborate pair of early 20th century gilt bronze five-light sconces Each backplate shaped as a lyre, centered with a mask of Apollo, the top with a bow knotted ribbon,...

Very fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze two light sconces depicting Mars holding two branches, in the manner of Jacques Caffieri. Jacques Caffieri was one of France's most important bronze casters during the reign of Louis XV. A nephew of Charles Le Brun, the chief designer and painter to Louis XIV, Caffieri had great talent of his own, so it isn't surprising he became sculpteur et ciseleur ordinaire des bâtiments du roi (Sculptor, Bronze Caster and Chaser for the King's Palaces). In 1740, Caffieri's wife bought a royal privilege--a form of permit from the king--which allowed them to gild bronze as well as cast it within the same workshop; these two processes would usually have been done by separate businesses. After his son Philippe Caffieri...