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A pair of two-light sconces, in very finely chased bronze and gilded with mercury. Central shaft featuring a putto with arms in the air, supporting a fire pot, looking ahead, the basin girdled with a drape.
It rests on a molded sheath, adorned with foliage and fruit at the base. Curved lighting arms, adorned with acanthus leaves, topped by foliage-adorned cups and crowned with straight fluted bobèches.
Louis XVI period, circa 1780
