Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold 1987 also saw the release

1987 also saw the release of Abril's book Images of a Golden Era: Paintings of Historical California

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

including the private collection of Bill and Melinda Gates

61 cm X 51 cm

the base of the cabinet is fitted with two large drawers having the original cast iron Aesthetic Movement handles

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Portrait Miniatures Ormolu Wall Sconces Candle Lights 1880 Sold 1987 also saw the releaseSOLD 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