A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket Torchères sub-Curios Traditional clogs were often worn

Traditional clogs were often worn in heavy labour

but is a hairs breath away from being mentioned as the natural heir of the old masters

but after four years the Count was woken early one morning to the shrill call of a tree swift

was hallmarked for London 1915

This piece has just the right amount of foxing and character whilst also remaining eminently useful to be just the ticket for hall

A Good Pair of Louis XVI/Empire Period French Polychrome Painted & Carved Wall Sconce Pricket Torchères sub-Curios Traditional clogs were often wornOrigin: 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