Live Auction 10696Noble & Private Collections
A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FOUR-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
Lot 197 THE PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF LORD GRETTON, REMOVED FROM STAPLEFORD PARK, LEICESTERSHIRE
LOTS 194-204

A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FOUR-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE GALLE

Closed27 October 2015

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GBP 2,250

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE FOUR-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
OF EMPIRE STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE GALLE
Each with shaped backplate issuing a winged maiden emblematic of Victory holding twin candle branches in each hands; Fitted for electricity
16 in. (40 cm.) high

Specialist note

These wall-lights are modelled after the set of six in the Munich Residenz by Claude Galle (in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, no. 5.10.7, p. 357). Another comparable set can be found in the Grand Trianon at Versailles which were commissioned from Galle in 1809.