Pair of Meissen Style Ormolu Bronze Sconces

Continental, late 19th-early 20th century, two light form bronze candelabra with vine stems with painted porcelain flowers, foliate capitals and bobeche, mounted behind painted porcelain putti, one holding a floral garland, the other a dove, all mounted to painted carved wood base with decorative scrollwork fitted with switch knobs, metal brackets to verso, unmarked.

21 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Sally Eckerd Sullivan, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Not tested; verdigris and gilt loss to bronze; both have losses and breaks and repairs to base, one with associated glue residue; one sconce has loss of a porcelain flower and break and repair another; minor paint loss to flowers scuffs and associated paint loss to porcelain; welded repair to one stem; several areas of looseness to both.