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A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
Lot 105 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION (LOTS 104-149)

A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 September 2011

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GBP 13,750

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A PAIR OF LARGE FRENCH ORMOLU THREE-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with ribbon-tied tassel backplate applied with oak branches and centred by a bow above a ram's hoof issuing three hunting-horn branches with engine-turned drip-pans, fitted for electricity
42 in. (107 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide (2)

Specialist note

These appliques comprise festive trophies in celebration of the Chase and incorporate hunting horns and oak-branches suspended by bowed ribbons. The fashion for 'cors de chasse' lights was introduced in the 1750s by the celebrated bronzier Caffieri, and triple-branched lights of similar composition were supplied for the Petit Trianon, Versailles in 1809, by the bronzier Claude Galle.