A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
Lot 119

A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS

CIRCA 1820

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVIII ORMOLU THREE-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
CIRCA 1820
Each modeled as a putto holding aloft foliate branches issuing a bouquet, some impressed x to leaves, drilled for electricity
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 15 in. (38 cm.) wide

Acquired from René Weiller, Paris, via Rosenberg and Steibel, New York, in 1957.

Specialist note

A pair of this model almost certainly from the collections of Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), and later his granddaughter Sybil (née) Sassoon, later Marchioness of Cholmondeley, was sold Christie's London, 6 December 1979, lot 122. A further related pair from the collection of the late Sir Cecil Beaton CBE at Reddish House, Broadchalke, Wiltshire, sold Christie's, house sale, 9 June 1980, lot 56.