Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild  - 5th October 2022

Lot 80

A RARE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £6000

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Description

A RARE PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES

IN LOUIS XV STYLE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

naturalistically cast as branches of oak leaves and acorns suspended from ribbon tied drapes, later drilled and fitted for electricity (2)

61cm high, 35cm wide, 19cm deep

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Bronzina Room at Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring'. 1918. Listed as 'A pair of Louis XV ormolu wall lights, chased as oak branches with nozzles for two lights each, £80.0.0.'