Pair of French Gilt Bronze Double Arm Wall SconcesNeoclassical Urn Form — France, Early 20th Century

DETAILS:
Size: each — Height 32 cm (12.6 in) · Width 34 cm (13.4 in) · Depth 15 cm (5.9 in)
Material: gilt bronze
Style/Period: neoclassical style, French, early 20th century
Sockets: two per sconce, four total — E14; inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use
Lampshades: not included
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — US import duties covered; local import taxes and duties elsewhere may apply and are payable by the recipient; weight approx. 1.6 kg each
Condition: good; gilt bronze sound and well matched across the pair; socket fittings secured before dispatch
Returns: accepted within 30 days

The urn-form wall sconce belongs to the neoclassical tradition that France never entirely abandoned. From the Louis XVI period onward, the inverted trumpet or vase body — fluted, acanthus-chased, topped with a finial — became the most authoritative backplate form a French foundry could offer: architectural in its proportions, restrained in its ornament, and scaled to fill a wall without overwhelming it. The best examples from the early twentieth century were cast with the same discipline as their eighteenth-century predecessors, because the foundries that made them were working from the same patterns.

This pair is French, early twentieth century, each sconce built around a substantial inverted trumpet body in gilt bronze, its surface chased with vertical acanthus panels rising to a beaded collar and a faceted urn finial at the crown. Two scroll arms sweep outward from the base of the body, each chased along its upper face with a bead-and-reel border and terminating in a fluted trumpet socket that mirrors the main body in miniature — the repetition of the trumpet form at arm and body both, the detail that gives the piece its compositional logic. The gilt has a warm, even brass tone across both sconces, consistent with careful indoor use.

Whoever lit their rooms with these before you kept the bronzes in good general order. Both sconces are sound and well matched. They arrive inspected and tested before dispatch, rewired where needed, and delivered working and ready to use — the socket fittings will be secured and checked before dispatch.

They arrive professionally packed and fully insured. US import duties are our responsibility. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

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