French Verdigris Bronze Mercury Wall Sconces Pair II

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French Verdigris Bronze Mercury Wall Sconces Pair IIA pair of classical bronze French wall sconces with the winged mask of Mercury. Early 20th Century. Crisp casting and fantastic verdigris colouration. Sold as a pair.

Maitreya is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future

designed to be raced not only on the salt-water ponds of the Model Yachting Pool

its surface catching a wash of sky-reflected blue—an accidental but poignant connection between earth and air

a tooled leather insert and a sliding lid accessing a stationary well below which is inlaid with an ebony diamond

This delicately carved and beautifully polychrome and gilded Northern European limewood figure stands on an immaculate 20th Century lucite plinth displaying him to his full potential

Original oil

It was originally created for the garden of Giovanni Bartolini at the palazzo Gualfonda

1900 salvaged from an ex-Army Munitions store

topped with a finely proportioned lid which acts as an upper finial

1936-38 The quality of construction and attention to detail by Mr Evans is World renowned

Receiving distinctions at the Great Exhibition in 1850

often inspired by her deep connection to her surroundings

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