WALL SCONCE (ONE OF EIGHT)
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Entry Hall
About this object
Rococo leaf scrolls in ormolu, 6 curving candle brackets, above which, on central core, are 6 slightly curved, spear-shaped leaves in rock crystal, fruit shaped pendants in clear yellow and amethyst quartz hang below the candle brackets, there is a single clear apple pendant at bottom, 3 cherub heads are on top of a lattice dome, a clear crystal leaf springs from the otherwise ormolu wall bracket.
- Object name:
- WALL SCONCE (ONE OF EIGHT)
- Made from:
- Gilt bronze -- rock crystal -- glass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 99.1 cm (39 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.165.6
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973