An exceptional pair of gilt-bronze wall lights, modelled as winged caryatids holding milk glass shades with frilled edges, 47cm high (2) Wall lights of this large size are unusual and suggest that they may have been made for one of the numerous 19th century exhibitions. The most likely are the 1851 London 'Crystal Palace' or the 1867 Paris 'Universal', both of which depict, in their respective catalogues, comparable pieces. At the time, designers drew upon Greek mythology very strongly and the Nymph, which forms the body of each bracket, is probably Amphitrite, consort of Posiedon, God of the Sea. They could be either French or English, but the former is more likely. The brackets were originally made for gas and the tap bears the influence of the designer, Dr Christopher Dresser, which would confirm a later date of the 1860s. The milk glass shades are in art nouveau style and contemporary with the electricity conversion, around 1900. They were probably blown in Stourbridge by Thomas Webb.