A pair of Italian Murano glass and painted tôle wall lights, Venetian, 18th/19th century

each with an engraved plate, one depicting a female figure in 18th century costume with a mirror, the other a male figure in a tunic, the whole frame applied with polychrome glass flowers, with a yellow and red painted tôle candlearm; some losses

In overall good conserved condition. Some wear to painted tôle candlearms and a couple of very minor losses to each leaf at the front. There are some chips and minor losses generally especially to the polychrome flowers. One mirror plate broken as visible from the catalogue photograph.There are some minor losses of the glass leaves revealing the wooden carcass on one in particular towards to lower section.
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