Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Decorative Arts a group he joined briefly

a group he joined briefly

the painting is housed in a gilded 18th century wood & gesso frame under glass

The studio's early residential work was colorful and ornate

These style of vessels have been made for hundreds of years

the frame being of easel form and having a crest with two birds astride a flowering urn

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Decorative Arts a group he joined brieflySOLD 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