An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios the top with original makers

the top with original makers plate for J

When it was first introduced in France towards the end of the 17th century the torchiere mounted one candle only

And desolate Three-rock

now paled to a sky blue slate

An Unusual Pair of c.1780s Plaster Wall Sconce Life Masks of Servants from Chateau Serris, France sub-Curios the top with original makersOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Chateau Serris Near Paris, France Date: c. 1780 90 Mask One: 10. 5 H x 9 W x 4. 5 D Mask Two: 10 H x 8. 25 W x 6. 25 D The life size and naturally proportioned thick plaster painted moulded effigy life masks modelled as sconces of former servants of Chateau Serris, near Paris, the subjects almost certainly of French African ethnicity, survive from Louis XVI period France. In entirely original condition with