Pair of Napoleon III Wall Appliqués

A fine pair of Napoléon III gilt-bronze three-light wall appliques, by Maison Millet. Each applique is cast as a winged mermaid canephore figure supporting a palmette cast basket ...

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Three-Light Wall Appliques, After The Model By Jean Louis Prieur. Each modelled as a putto term figure issuing three laurel cast branches terminating in circular stiff-leaf cast drip-trays and fluted nozzles, beneath a neoclassical pediment and flaming urn. Designed in the architectural style of the goût grec, these wall lights derive from a drawing by the ‘maître sculpteur’ Jean-Louis Prieur (b. 1732-6 d. 1795), for a similar wall light with a putto figure, executed circa 1770 and sold Sotheby's Monaco, November 26, 1979. France, Circa 1870. One of the leading exponents of the Neo-classical style, Prieur was received as a ‘maître sculpteur’ in 1765, then ‘maître-fondeur en terre et sable’ in 1769. He initially studied sculpture at the Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris in 1765. The following year, working alongside Caffieri he produced a series of designs for furniture, clocks, vases, wall lights and chandeliers for the Polish king's palace in Warsaw. This commission led to work for the French royal family...

Pair of (2) monumental sconces/lamp appliques Napoleon III Solid bronze, electrically mounted, a bronze frame with a main branch in the form of a 2-stage crown, each main branch con...

A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze wall appliques, attributed to Pierre Gouthière after a design by Jean-Louis Prieur, circa 1780. A Louis XVI period pair of delicately chiselled gilt ...