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Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis Xvi Style Ormolu Wall Lights C.19th Century
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Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis Xvi Style Ormolu Wall Lights C.19th Century

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A superb pair of antique French gilt bronze wall sconces, richly decorated in the Louis XVI style and dating to the 19th century. These elegant ormolu wall lights feature finely cast ram’s head masks, classical urn finials, and scrolling arms adorned with detailed garlands and foliate decoration.

Crafted in solid gilt bronze (ormolu), the sconces display exceptional quality and craftsmanship, with a warm aged patina that enhances their decorative appeal. Each sconce supports two candle arms, making them ideal as statement lighting or wall decoration in both traditional and contemporary interiors.

Perfect for use in a living room, hallway, dining room, or as decorative accents in an interior design scheme, these antique French wall lights bring a sense of luxury and timeless elegance.

A rare and highly decorative matching pair, ideal for collectors of fine antique lighting and French decorative arts.

Dimensions: Height 50cm x Width 38cm x Depth 15cm

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Lee Hawkins Antiques & Interiors has dated these Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces to the 19th Century.

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A superb pair of antique French gilt bronze wall sconces, richly decorated in the Louis XVI style and dating to the 19th century.
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These elegant ormolu wall lights feature finely cast ram’s head masks, classical urn finials, and scrolling arms adorned with detailed garlands and foliate decoration.
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fig 1. A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags.
fig 1. Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis Xvi Style Ormolu Wall Lights C.19th Century

Crafted in solid gilt bronze (ormolu), the sconces display exceptional quality and craftsmanship, with a warm aged patina that enhances their decorative appeal. Each sconce supports two candle arms, making them ideal as statement lighting or wall decoration in both traditional and contemporary interiors.

fig 2. A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags.
fig 2. Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis Xvi Style Ormolu Wall Lights C.19th Century

Perfect for use in a living room, hallway, dining room, or as decorative accents in an interior design scheme, these antique French wall lights bring a sense of luxury and timeless elegance.

A rare and highly decorative matching pair, ideal for collectors of fine antique lighting and French decorative arts.

Dimensions: Height 50cm x Width 38cm x Depth 15cm

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Lee Hawkins Antiques & Interiors has dated these Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces to the 19th Century.

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Archive I A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags.

Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis XVI Style Ormolu Wall Lights c.19th Century

Archive II A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags. View II
Archive III A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags. View III
Archive IV A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags. View IV
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A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags.
Pair of Antique French Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces with Ram’s Head Masks, Louis XVI Style Ormolu Wall Lights c.19th Century
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A pair of 19th-century French Neoclassical gilt bronze two-arm wall sconces featuring urn finials, rams head masks, fluted central shafts, and drapery swags.
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Louis XVI style wall sconces feature Neoclassical design elements inspired by Greco-Roman antiquity, such as classical urns, rams head masks, foliate swags, and fluted columns, characterized by symmetry and straight lines.

These fixtures were cast in bronze using the lost-wax or sand-casting method, followed by hand-chasing to refine detail, and finished using mercury gilding to bond gold to the bronze surface.

Authentic 19th-century examples display hand-chased ornamentation, heavy cast bronze construction, original threaded assembly rods, and subtle wear or oxidisation to the gilded highlights.

Mount these sconces on either side of an entryway mirror, above a dining room sideboard, or flanking artwork to provide decorative symmetry and targeted accent illumination.

Dust regularly with a soft, dry microfibre cloth or horsehair brush, avoiding commercial metal polishes, chemical solvents, or abrasive cleaners that can permanently remove the original gilded finish.
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