A PAIR OF BRONZE DORÉ MOUNTED SÈVRES PORCELAIN PEDESTAL TABLE LAMPS
France, 19th Century
Each cerulean vase-shaped lamp having two hand-painted reserves bordered by gilded decoration, the front sides depicting a courting couples in eighteenth century dress, the back sides with floral bouquets against a white ground, the feet with similar floral decoration; the vases are closed with swirling acanthus leaf necks and acorn detailed everted lips, the bodies are mounted with two foliate scroll handles each; all set on a pierced foliate scroll bases with bosses; with original turnkeys, now electrified, in working order.
Condition: One floral reserve with a 3/8 inch gouge in a flower petal, now painted over but not infilled. A few tiny losses in cerulean ground here and there. Minor loss in one area of gilded frame around peasant couple reserve. Slight age-appropriate wear to gilded surface of bronze mounts. One modern plastic light switch missing.
18 ½ x 9 ½ x 6 ¾ inches to top of original piece (47 x 24.6 x 17.1 cm).
Two pieces total.