A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880

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A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880Origin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Diameter: 16Height: 34The attractive brass hanging lantern of shaped pentagonal form in the eighteenth century Louis XV manner, being almost three feet high, the open scrolled frame having a beautifully aged verdegris patination with rococo style scroll mounts and pierced cartouches, the whole surviving from nineteenth century France. The lantern is in as found condition with the piece

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