Pair Of Empire Bronze & Mercury-Gilt Column Lamps
Stock No
4312
2012
- £3,800.00
- €4,406 Euro
- $5,007 US Dollar
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Item Description
French, Empire / Charles X period, circa 1825
A handsome pair of table lamps, each modelled as a fluted column in dark patinated bronze rising to a finely cast Corinthian capital in burnished mercury gilding. The columns sit on knopped gilt-bronze socles with rope-twist and guilloche banding, the contrast of the matte black patination against the warm ormolu giving the pair real presence.
Each column is raised on a stepped square plinth, the four faces applied with crisply cast gilt-bronze relief panels of winged classical genii emblematic of the Seasons — figures bearing sheaves of corn, flower garlands and cornucopiae of fruit — within laurel- and acanthus-cast borders. The whole on a moulded black/brown plinth base.
The quality of the casting and chasing throughout, together with the use of true mercury gilding, marks these out as a superior pair of the period. Later adapted for electricity and in full working order.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Item Dimensions
H: 61cm W: 12cm D: 12cm
Period
Early 19th century
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)1491 818127
+44 (0)7900 688330
