Salvage Row Restored French Bronze Rococo Wall Light Single

Bought out of a house sale near Lyon, cast bronze with the original mercury gilding worn through on the high points. We have left the wear alone. It is the most valuable thing about it.

Everything we sell has been through the same process. Stripped to components, cleaned by hand rather than blasted, rewired end to end with silicone insulated cable, fitted with new lampholders and a proper earth, then PAT tested and certificated. We do not re-plate or re-lacquer unless the original finish has failed, because a hundred years of patina is the reason to buy an antique in the first place. One fitting only. When it is gone it is gone.

Specification

• Height see photographs, width see photographs, projection from the wall see photographs
• Materials: original materials, bronze with original worn gilding
• Finish: original finish retained, honest wear present
• Lamp: rewired for E14 or E27 depending on the fitting, dimmable LED suitable
• Supply: hardwired, 220 to 240V, 50Hz, terminal block behind the backplate
• Switching: no integral switch, wired to a wall switch or a dimmer circuit
• Rating: IP20, for dry indoor rooms
• Backplate: original backplate, may not cover a modern round pattress
• Period: circa 1890
• Weight: approximately 7.4 kilograms
• Fully rewired with a PAT test certificate
• Sold as seen, with photographs of every mark before purchase
• One only

Fitting

This is a hardwired fitting and should be installed by a qualified electrician working to BS 7671. It arrives with a standard round backplate and fixing screws. Wall plugs are not supplied because the right fixing depends on whether you are going into brick, block, plasterboard or lath and plaster. At roughly 7.4 kilograms it needs a proper fixing. Use the supplied screws into masonry, or a heavy duty plasterboard anchor rated well above the weight of the light. Original backplates are often smaller than a modern pattress, so check what is behind your existing fitting before you take it off the wall.