Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold circa 1880

circa 1880

He especially loved the Grand Canyon which is the subject of a large number of his paintings

The table with 'lyre' shaped ends also with floral gilded decoration

75" tall X 17

44" wide X 30

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold circa 1880SOLD A fine & large pair of antique French Sevres porcelain ormolu mounted candle wall sconce lights, mounted with portrait miniatures, circa 1880. The top of each sconce is inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait miniature of Princess Elizabeth the Sister of Louis XVI & Madame De Montesson the wife of Louis Philippe Duke of Orleans. Below each portrait is a complex ormolu 'ribbon' surmounting a large porcelain plaque, the plaques are finely painted in