A pair of parrot wall lights

A pair of Régence gilt bronze two-light appliques
 circa 1720

Height: 47 cm. (18 ½ in.)                   Width: 31 cm. (12 ¼ in.)

Each with a scrolling foliate backplate issuing two candlearms and surmounted by the figure of a parrot.

Provenance

Sold PIASA, Paris, 28 January 2006, lot 111

Comparative Litertaure

An identical pair – donated from the collection of Hubert Guerrand-Hermès in 2011 – is in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 0A 12377.1-2)