Pair of Three-Light Wall Lights (Bras de lumière)

France

1740-1755

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Oval medallion with profile portrait of Charles V 1500 1558 was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 as well as of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1506 He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556 Through inheritance he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western central and southern Europe and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia As a result his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as the empire on which the sun never sets
Door knob of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration around the edge a border of stylized flowers within two white bands in the middle of the knob the head of a satyr with horns
Bust in profile left in uniform with the Order of the Black Eagle with ermine mantle
Steel template scraper for shaping the bottoms of Coupe shaped plates