A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU TWO LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

Description:

France, early 19th century - in the manner of Jean-Charles Delafosse
46 x 34 cm
The central shaped shaft isssuing a pair of s-shaped arms, flanked by floral garlands and a ram's head surmounted by a conforming vase finial. Slightly worn.
From an important German private Collection.
Lit. Ottomeyer/Pröschl, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, fig. 392. The published design with three lights was delivered by Pitoin to the French court. The version with two arms, ram's head and vase top can be found in the Munich Residenz.