The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 320
A GILT BRASS REPOUSSE WALL SCONCE
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £252
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Description
A GILT BRASS REPOUSSE WALL SCONCE
DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY
the oval back plate with a raised centre decorated with a tulip stem, within a broad border of scrolling floral foliage, with a possibly associated twin-arm candle holder
37cm high, 29cm wide
Catalogue Note
See I. van Canneyt & A. Verschaeve., Vlaams Koper en Brons n/d p. 54, nos 103 & 106, and Bourne J & Brett V., 'Lighting in the Domestic Interior' (1991), p.37, no. 97 for similar examples