A pair of twin branch wall lights George III style, circa 1900

silvered gesso and carved wood, each with a classical vignette painted en grisaille

Good except now with a loss of a partial section of drapery in the surmount that had been previously fractured and repaired. Some slight exposed gesso on the scones. Traces of old electric wiring.
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Purchased by the Vendor from Fernandez & March, London in the 1970's