Rare Pair of French 18th c. Tole Lamps

A pair of superb quality table lamps of large scale having brass columns distinguished by decorative features including castellated tops, piercework armillary sphere midsections and ...

Very rare pair of late 17th century bronze swivel arm sconces with parapet finials over balustrade bodies, the two pairs of arms of differing heights...

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...

Fine pair of North European, probably Swedish, neoclassical sconces with gilt bronze and brass rings, the lower fluted ring with putto playing musical instruments, the whole strung w...

19th Century, Pair of French Carcel Lamps. French victorian styled from 19th century napoleonic era

Pair of bouillotte lamps in toleware and bronze, in the French Empire manner.

A very nice pair of Louis Phillipe three-arm table lamps in gilded and patinated bronze retaining their original tole metal shades.

Most likely these were urns converted to lamps in their beginning. Bronze mounts are very fine. The hand painted scenes are very detailed. The fluer de lis...