Series of four bronze sconces, Paris Regency period

Rare series of cabinet sconces with one arm of light.
It is made up of two pairs of symmetrical sconces in finely chiseled and mercury-gilded bronze.
The barrels display the attributes of Hercules in the upper part, with the remains of the Nemean lion intertwined with clubs, in the central part a background of asparagus grooves bearing medallions of emperor and empress and in the lower part a base acanthus ending in a seed bud.
An arm of light highlighted with an acanthus leaf springs from the plate and supports a cup with a frieze of gadroons which encloses the bobèche.

Very good state of conservation.

Great fineness of carving.

Parisian work from the Regency period around 1720.

Dimensions:

Height: 25cm; Width: 8cm; Depth: 25cm

Our opinion :

The Herculean theme and the reduced size of our wall lights are characteristic of the cabinet sconces that proliferated at the end of the reign of Louis XIV.
They are in fact directly inspired by a successful model designed by André Charles Boulle, always with the same formula, a small mask plate from which springs a C-shaped light arm which supports a cup and a gadrooned bobèche.