16th Sep, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST

Country House

 
  Lot 289
 

289

A Pair of Gilt Metal Mounted Sèvres-Style Four-Branch Wall Sconces, late 19th century, the ribbon-tied cresting surmounted by putti holding doves over oval plaques painted with romantic 18th century figures on a blue ground over leaf and flower cast scroll branches and knopped pendant base
41cm high

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Both porcelain panels in good condition, free from damage and repair. Lacking some nozzles from the sconces. Some repairs to the branches with later gilding. Some minor splits to the metal evident.
On each sconce the branches issue in two pairs, with floral adornments conected to those branches, all four pairs are present.

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Auction: Country House, 16th Sep, 2022

The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.

 

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