Pair Of Gilt Bronze Sconces With Three Cornucopia Lights, Louis XVI Style, 19th Century

Sumptuous Pair of sconces in chiseled and gilded bronzes with three lights in the Louis XVI style, 19th century, circa 1860 with cornucopias. Dimensions: Height 43 cm Width 27 cm Depth: 16 cm (Beautiful proportions) Architecture Wall light: Made up of three lights with volute branches with rich decoration of acanthus leaves, rings, flutes ending with basins, sockets and removable bobeches, all magnificently decorated and embellished with pearls and stylized acanthus leaves. On the lower part are arranged and entangled fine and elegant stylized acanthus leaves from which the branches start. On the central part stands a magnificent and rich shaft in the shape of a cornucopia in twists from which emerges a beautiful floral bouquet with leaves with buds, grapes and burst and closed pomegranates. On the top part with drapery decoration and ending with a beautiful and wide ribbon and flat button in the shape of a knot. Very rich moldings on the whole. Beautiful chiseling. Condition report: The whole has been cleaned by our conservation workshops, its Splendid original gilding with a play of matt and brilliant of very high quality. tiny traces of use and age. Assembly and manufacture of very great finesse, Various numbering and initials of Parisian foundry on the back. Provenance: Rich Parisian House Bibliography: Model prized by an elite in the 18th and 19th centuries. The same style of model at the Jacquemart André Museum in Paris, in the bedroom of Madame Nélie Jacquemart (2 Branches) as well as in various Museums. France and Europe. Wall lights of the same style, with three branches, appear in the Imperial Palace of Pavlovsk in Russia. Another pair is kept at the castle of Moncley (Doubs) and various. The Horn of Plenty is a well-known symbol of abundance, fertility, fertility and joy. The Horns of Plenty are very frequently represented on ancient coins in general and on Roman coins in particular. Some ancient authors have identified the horn of plenty as being the horn of Amalthea, the goat that nursed Jupiter as a child. Worldwide delivery, very secure reinforced package, parcel tracking ensured.