Set of wall sconces in bronze and porcelain of Wedgwood, circa 1900

Set of four wall sconces of Neoclassical style in gilded and chased bronze and Wedgwood porcelain, with three sconces and in the shape of a lyre. Bronze adorned with scrolls, laurel leaves and flowers and adorned with a Chambord vase in the upper part. Cameos – or medallions – in Wedgwood porcelain representing an antique woman, in different settings. Figure of white color on a green background, the woman is dressed in a drapery and an antique headdress next to a Tuscan order column. On a plate, she is represented holding a lyre balanced on the column, with a headdress decorated with ribbon. On the second plate, she holds a piece of parchment. On the third, she is leaning on the column with an architectural ball at her feet. On the fourth she is leaning on the column itself covered with a drapery, producing the effect of a twisted column. Arms of light ending in scrolled-shaped sockets.

French work realized circa 1900.

Dimensions : H 54 x W 33 x D 13 cm

Reference : LS48311641

Wedgwood manufacture created by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) grew during the 18th century thanks to its jasper innovative production (hard ceramic tinted with colourful oxides and decorated with white low-reliefs) and its refined aesthetic in the trendy antique style of this period, the « neo-Greek » style. The most characteristic artworks of this English manufacture were its faience with green enamelled vine leaves décor, its cream faience said « faience à la Reine », its Etruscan imitations or even its biscuit plates with a white low-relief decor on a colourful background.
The blue background plates did the international reputation of the manufacture. Thus, cabinetmakers as Weisweiler, inlayed Wedgwood plates in some of their furniture, that gave to them a Pompeian style in the taste of the era.