A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket Torchères

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A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket TorchèresOrigin: French Period: Late Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 1800 Each: Height: 15 inches Length: 22. 5 inches Depth: 8 inches (all at maximum) Each polychrome painted with leaf and scroll motifs, the heads with pine cone adornments and the fluted wholes mounted on a conforming circular bases with large iron prickets survive from the late Louis XVI to the beginning of Empire period France. Remaining in fair overall condition

Carpathia herself was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during the First World War after being torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat

When she was removed from the caves in China in the late twentieth century she was obviously given a polished cut bottom so she is free standing but we would strongly recommend supporting the structure if wanting to display in this way

The skull is in super condition and there are no chips or cracks to the stone

one more threadbare than the other

its first instinct on meeting a stranger is

We prefer giving the client the choice with regards to restoration but if you wish the work to be undertaken after purchase please contact us for details

focussing on female beauty

The rather dramatic costume for the dummy is of good quality

The depiction is heavily stylized

stood upon a barbed wired fence post

the necks with cut shoulders

while females (like this example) have skulls measuring 291

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