French 19th Century Floral Oil Lamps with Ormolu Mounts
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A pair of French 19th century oil lamps, Madeleine Castaing, Galerie Etienne Thuriet Now electrified, of baluster form with pink ground and reserve of floral spray, with ormolu mounts, 81 cm high
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- Ormolu - Ormolu was popular with French craftsmen in the 18th and 19th century for ornamental fittings for furniture, clocks and other decorative items. True ormolu is gilt bronze, that is bronze that has been coated with gold using a mercury amalgam. Due to the health risks associated with using mercury, this method of creating ormolu was discontinued in France in the 1830s. A substitute was developed consisting of about 75% copper and 25% zinc, however it was inferior to the bronze version. It was often lacquered to prevent it tarnishing.
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