Antique Wall Lights - Westland London
Our collection of Antique wall lights includes beautiful antique wall lamps and antique brass wall lighting in a wide range of periods from Baroque and Art Deco to Neo-Classical Revival and Victorian.
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Stock: 16013
A fine pair of 19th century and later ormolu wall sconces, each modelled as an Atlas figure stood upon a curved bracket with acanthus support, supporting a plain globe mounted with three scrolling branches with beaded sockets above foliate drip pans.
French, c.1890 with later modification to light fittings.
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13"
33 cms |
24 3⁄8"
62 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
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Stock: 14956
A pair of large, imposing brass three branch Neoclassical wall lights. The ornate central stems, surmounted by acanthus clad vases filled with roses, and from which the scrolled arms emanate, terminate in reverse acanthus clusters. English, early 19th century.
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15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
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Stock: 14960
A pair of twin branch polished brass wall lights in the Baroque style with baluster stems and leaf clad scrolling arms. English, late 19th century.
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15"
38 cms |
13"
33 cms |
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Stock: 14838
A large pair of elaborate three branch brass wall lights in the Rococo manner with acanthus clad arms and foliate candle holders.
English, early 20th century.
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15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
26"
66 cms |
8 11⁄16"
22 cms |
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Stock: 14951
A pair of Regency style twin branch ormolu wall lights. The cornucopia arms, which hold the candle holders, emanate from shield shaped backplates embellished with bell flowers terminating in crossed, ribboned buds.
English, circa 1900.
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13"
33 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
4 11⁄16"
12 cms |
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Stock: 14945
A large pair of Baroque style, three branch, ormolu wall lights. The triple scrolled leaf clad arms, with urn shaped candle holders, emanate from the shield shaped backplate which is surmounted by a leaf, cockade.
English, circa 1910.
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16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
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Stock: 14957
A set of three Regency style ormolu three branch wall lights. The ornate foliate backplates support three swooping, acanthus clad arms each with urn shaped candle holders.
English, circa 1880.
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10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
13"
33 cms |
11"
28 cms |
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Stock: 14953
A set of three Baroque style two branch ormolu wall lights. The backplates are centred by bearded, grotesque masks, each wearing acanthus leaf crowns, from which emanate twin scrolling arms supporting urn candle holders.
English, late 19th century.
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17 1⁄4"
44 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
9 3⁄8"
24 cms |
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Stock: 14958
A pair of Victorian, Rococo style twin branch brass wall lights with acanthus leaf clad stems and candle cups and with elaborately scrolled twin arms. English, late 19th century.
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12 5⁄8"
32 cms |
19 11⁄16"
50 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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Stock: 13793
A pair of of small neoclassical style twin branch brass wall lights with flambeau finials and tapering stems. English, mid 20th century.
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10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
4 11⁄16"
12 cms |
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Stock: 15072
A delightful set of four large Regency style three branch brass wall lights. The decorative backplates, with leaf flourishes above acanthus clad bulbous bases, terminate in foliate finials and support the sets of leaf clad scrolled arms and candle holders. English, 19th century.
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17 11⁄16"
45 cms |
20 1⁄2"
52 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
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Stock: 13771
A pair of gilt brass twin branch wall lights. The ornate backplates feature lion masks . above which emanate the scrolled branches supporting single candle holders. English, early 20th century.
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13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
14 13⁄16"
37.5 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 13948
A pair of large Victorian antique brass wall lights in the Baroque style with flambeau glass shades the light controls with pineapple tipped finials. Former gasoliers converted to electricity. English, late 19th century.
There are two other identical pairs SNos 13949 & 13950.
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19 11⁄16"
50 cms |
32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
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Stock: 13950
A pair of Victorian, Baroque style antique brass wall lights with flambeau shaped glass shades the light controls with pineapple tipped finials. Former gasoliers converted to electricity. English, late 19th century.
There are two other identical pairs SNos 13948 & 13949.
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16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
23 3⁄16"
59 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 13949
A large pair of brass Victorian antique wall lights in the Baroque style with flambeau glass shades the light controls with pineapple tipped finials. Former gasoliers converted to electricity. English, late 19th century.
There are two other identical pairs SNos 13948 & 13950.
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16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
23 3⁄16"
59 cms |
8 1⁄4"
21 cms |
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Stock: 14673
A pair of Neoclassical style 20th century triple branched branch cast brass wall lights with urn finials and swags. English, circa 1930.
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10 5⁄8"
27 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
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Stock: 14670
A pair of 20th century triple branch brass Neoclassical style wall lights hung with crystal drops
French, 20th century.
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13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
12 3⁄16"
31 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 14622
A set of four twin branch brass wall lights in the Rococo, Louis XV style with elaborately scrolling branches emanating from a foliate stem.
French, late 19th century.
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11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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Stock: 14485
A pair of three branch 20th century, Rococo style gilt brass wall lights with acanthus clad scrolling arms. English, mid 20th century.
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13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 14694
A pair of Rococo style twin branch cast brass wall lights with acanthus leaf stem and scrolling arms.
English, late 20th century.
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12 5⁄8"
32 cms |
16 7⁄8"
43 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
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Stock: 13916
A set of four finely embossed silvered brass Regency style wall lights with pineapple finials above a the ornate bulbous stems from which emanate pairs of scrolling arms bearing the candle cups.
English, mid 19th century.
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13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
12 5⁄8"
32 cms |
7 1⁄8"
18 cms |
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Stock: 14690
A set of four 20th century Regency style brass twin branched wall lights surmounted by palmette finials. Each arm emanating from stylised urn stems above delicate trailing bellflowers.
English, late 20th century.
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7 1⁄2"
19 cms |
16 1⁄2"
42 cms |
4 1⁄4"
11 cms |
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Stock: 14671
A pair of Louis XV style 20th century twin branch cast brass wall lights with acanthus leaf stem and scrolling arms. English, late 20th century.
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11"
28 cms |
19 1⁄4"
49 cms |
4 11⁄16"
12 cms |
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Stock: 14689
A set of five Regency style 20th century brass wall lights each with twin scrolled branches emanating from oval backplates suspended from ribboned bows.
English, circa 1930.
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11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
19 1⁄8"
48.5 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
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Stock: 13823
A pair of elegant twin branch gilt brass Neoclassical style wall lights, with flambeau finials on swag draped urns above tapering columns with pairs of goats head masks.
English early 20th century.
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10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
17 7⁄8"
45.5 cms |
4 7⁄8"
12.5 cms |
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Stock: 13595
A pair of highly decorative and finely cast two branch gilt brass wall lights in the Neoclassical style, with pineapple finials, pairs of opposing rams heads, birds alighting on branches and a foliate wrapped stem embellished with angelic grotesque masks.
English late 19th century.
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13"
33 cms |
23 5⁄8"
60 cms |
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Stock: 13794
A pair of tall twin branch Neoclassical style 20th century brass wall lights with flambeau finials on decorative urns above acanthus wrapped stems terminating in reverse pineapple finials.
English, mid 20th century.
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14"
35.5 cms |
25"
63.5 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
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Stock: 13768
A highly decorative 20th century pair of Victorian Neoclassical style three branch ormolu antique wall lights, with elaborately scrolled arms on a tapering stem embellished with stylised flowers, acorns and rams head masks.
English, early 20th century.
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12"
30.5 cms |
18 11⁄16"
47.5 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 14544
A pair of Georgian style three light antique brass wall lights with ribbon bow finials, the reeded, scrolled branches emanating from decorative foliage are attached to tapering stems terminating in reverse pineapple finials.
English, early 20th century.
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13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
22 13⁄16"
58 cms |
8 1⁄2"
21.5 cms |
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Stock: 13831
A pair of exceptional, large and heavy Baroque style brass antique wall lights. Each back plate, with shell and mask detail, holds the highly decorative arm with elaborate candelabrum capitals above bold lion head masks with rings in their mouths.
English, late 19th century.
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11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
11 3⁄8"
29 cms |
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Stock: 14072
A 20th century set of five, three branch gilt brass wall lights in the Neoclassical style with flambeau swagged urn finals and applied acanthus decoration throughout.
Early 20th century.
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13 13⁄16"
35 cms |
18 1⁄8"
46 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
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Stock: 13658
A set of three fine Neoclassical style 20th century gilt brass twin branch wall lights each with swagged urn finials above tapering festooned central stems from which extend the pairs of acanthus embellished candle arms.
English, mid 20th century.
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13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
18 1⁄2"
47 cms |
5 1⁄2"
14 cms |
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Stock: 13701
A set of four small Louis XVI style ormolu wall lights, with twin scrolling branches, the stem topped with ribbon crests.
English late 19th century.
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9 13⁄16"
25 cms |
15 3⁄8"
39 cms |
5 1⁄8"
13 cms |
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Stock: 11447
A pair of fine Pugin style cut and pierced brass wall lights in the Neo Gothic manner the backplates holding scrolled rosette centred arms each bearing a single light.
English late 19th early 20th century.
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Stock: 12812
A pair of large and attractive Baroque style, polychromed wood, wall sconces in the form of Rhytons, a type of horn shaped drinking container used in ancient Greece. The horn sconces, filled with garlands of fruits and set above finely carved rams head masks, are backed by fruited and garlanded cartouche.
English, early 20th century. Images before restoration.
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9 13⁄16"
25 cms |
16 1⁄8"
41 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
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Antique Wall Lights London
Lighting has the ability to utterly transform the home. For style, atmosphere and drama, antique lights can be the perfect choice. Our collection of antique lighting ranges from lanterns, chandeliers and antique wall lights to a large selection of vintage and unusual pieces.
History of Antique Wall Lights
The history of the antique wall light, or sconce, begins with the wall mounted torch. These were usually made of cast iron, a portable torch which could be taken from room to room or out of the house. This later developed into the rush light, where a rush, or reed would be dipped in fat to make a rudimentary candle, and then balanced inside a wall mounted sconce. Many art deco style wall lights echoed this in the form of the torchere wall light, usually finished with a flame, or flambeau light shade.
Period Wall Lights
Antique Georgian Wall Lights were perhaps the first to be made in a wide range of styles. In the eighteenth-century, antique brass wall lights would often be Rococo or Neoclassical in style, reflecting the taste of the time. It was the French influence that developed the taste for the Rococo wall lights which reflected the taste for the ornate, which had spread throughout Europe. Brass wall lights were also plated in gold to make them even more opulent; this of course meant that they didn’t tarnish – so less polishing was required!
Victorian Wall Lights
Victorian wall lights were even more diverse in style. The nineteenth-century revisited many earlier styles, including the Renaissance, Baroque and Gothic styles, for which wrought iron wall lights were often designed. This more substantial material was fashioned into robust and dramatic period wall lights which often graced the grand Baronial castles of Scotland. This period also saw the development of the oil and the gas light, both of which emitted a more powerful, bright light.
Antique Wall Light Styles
In the early twentieth-century, Art Nouveau wall lights adopted the organic, sinuous forms of leaves and flowers, curling pieces of bronze and brass that held moulded glass shades. With nearly all lights being electrified by this point, designers could be even more experimental. As the twentieth-century progressed, modernism paved the way for a radical new wave of design, lights fashioned from steel and chrome, worlds away from the floral, organic details of what had come before.
Whatever the period, antique style wall lights add unique character and warmth into a room. Please do not hesitate to ask if you would like any further information about our selection of antique lights.