Brass Ship Gauge Wall Sconces
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Sconce - A light attached to a wall. Originally a candle holder that is attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket and sometimes with a reflective back plate, but now applied to an electric light that has been inspired by that design.
In recent times the word has also come into use to desribe the candle holders on a candelabra. - Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A Victorian brass monocular microscope, the adjustable sectional top with viewing lens above the circular slide viewing platform and lower, wider conforming base with gimbal mounted mirror, both with three scroll arm supports, in an original mahogany four
Betjemann's oak cased tantalus with later decanters, patent number 30623. Length 25 cm height 28 cm
A Scottish grandfather clock. 207 cm high, 40 cm wide, 22.5 cm deep.
A George III black lacquer longcase clock By J. Davis, Lemon Street, the 8-day bell strike movement with anchor escapement and rack strike, seconds dial, silent strike dial in the break arch and date aperture at 6, silvered dial and gilt spandrels, the cas