A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The wonderfully interesting sixteenth century

The wonderfully interesting sixteenth century document being a notarial instrument

there are areas of patination wear

This piece must have been damaged reasonably early in its life as the method of repair has not been used for a long time

and an iconic item whether being used as intended

A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The wonderfully interesting sixteenth centuryOrigin: 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