Pair of Heavy Arts & Crafts Sconces, Circa 1910

  

These are heavy Cast Brass Arts and Crafts Sconces with a beautiful old gold patina. They have 4 amber glass panels in each shade. The Cast Brass diagonal over lapping pattern of the cylinder shades is a beautiful design detail that is hammered. The overlapping is held together with copper colored rivets that were hammered in place. The cylinders are capped off with an organic crown effect which is achieved by bending leaves from the top of the cylinder to the loop that sits on each arm. There are four leaves on each cylinder. The Cast Brass Arms also with hammered detail form a yoke that is a counterbalance for the cylinder shades. The backs are hammered and echo the cylinder shades in that they have four applied braces over the wire reservoir that ends up pressing the cast plate against the wall. The plate is hammered and has four equal rectangular extensions with a hammered embossed circle in each one.

These would be really super sconces over a mantle in an Arts and Crafts house. The mellow light from the amber glass would make a great atmosphere enhancer in a Dining room or a Living room.