A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE ORMOLU FIVE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS ATTRIBUTED T...

A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE ORMOLU FIVE-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1810
Each in the form of a winged putto with acanthus-sheathed waist and pendant palmette, holding aloft a vase, issuing four scrolled acanthus-sheathed branches each terminating in a drip pan with laurel and berry decorations on nozzle, centering a branch with leaf-tip decorated stem and flaring reeded top, drilled for electricity
25 ½ in. high (each)

Provenance
Almost certainly supplied for the Palais D'Arenberg, Brussels.
Thence by descent to Princess Lydia D'Arenberg De Savoia Genova, Palais D'Arenberg, Brussels.
The Property of a member of the Royal House di Savoia Genova; Christie's New York, 2 November 2000, lots 128 and 129.