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Wall Sconce
Made at: Bow Manufactory (England)
French and English
about 1748–50
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decoration; gilt bronze
Dimensions
Height x width: 16 x 11 1/2 in. (40.6 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession Number1993.55.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Porcelain
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionTrellis wall brackets molded as arbors surrounded with golden branches and leaves and porcelain flowers in polychrome. Each has three candle branches ending in sockets with bobeches. The arbors are mounted with a pair of Bow porcelain figures of a shepherd and shepherdess.