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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA CARROLL CRAWFORD
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
MARK OF FRANCIS BOONE THOMAS, LONDON, 1878
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCES
Mark of Francis Boone Thomas, London, 1878
In the Charles II style; each wall-plate repoussé and chased with scrolls, foliage and rocaille on a matted ground centering an oval cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within crossed fronds, the candlearms formed as serpents issuing from a wild mask, with octagonal socket, marked on reverse of wall-plates, one arm and each socket
8½in. (21.5cm.) high; 28oz. (884gr.) (2)
Mark of Francis Boone Thomas, London, 1878
In the Charles II style; each wall-plate repoussé and chased with scrolls, foliage and rocaille on a matted ground centering an oval cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within crossed fronds, the candlearms formed as serpents issuing from a wild mask, with octagonal socket, marked on reverse of wall-plates, one arm and each socket
8½in. (21.5cm.) high; 28oz. (884gr.) (2)