Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold a pair of wick nips

a pair of wick nips

and the placement of the hands on the armrests gives the sitter a pose of status & formal power

the base with a shaped skirt

5" tall X 20

61 cm X 51 cm

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold a pair of wick nipsSOLD 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