ANOTHER SET OF FOUR EMBOSSED SHEET BRASS WALL SCONCES, 18TH CENTURY
ANOTHER SET OF FOUR EMBOSSED SHEET BRASS WALL SCONCES18TH CENTURYEach with backplate centred by a ship motif designeach 28cm highJ. Caspall, Fire & Light in the Home pre-1820 (2000), p. 244, Figure 557, illustrates an almost identical wall sconce. However, the Caspall example is engraved with a ship in its lowest cartouche, formed from punched stars, whilst the sconce in this lot is decorated with a ship to the upper cartouche.
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ANOTHER SET OF FOUR EMBOSSED SHEET BRASS WALL SCONCES18TH CENTURYEach with backplate centred by a ship motif designeach 28cm highJ. Caspall, Fire & Light in the Home pre-1820 (2000), p. 244, Figure 557, illustrates an almost identical wall sconce. However, the Caspall example is engraved with a ship in its lowest cartouche, formed from punched stars, whilst the sconce in this lot is decorated with a ship to the upper cartouche.