Our client's exceptionally rare pair of palatial sized, silverplated metal sconces in the neoclassical fashion, attributed to E.F. Caldwell, measure 33.5 in (85 cm) tall. They feature three candle arms with neoclassical motifs including acanthus leaf, lion masks, loops and tassel style finials at bottom.   Apparently unsigned as some Caldwell pieces were.  Rear of some have an Underwriters Laboratories label which dates the set to no earlier than 1906, the year UL began issuing labels.

The design of the two-light sconce in the identical style can be seen in our image taken from the brackets (sconces) binder 129, page 1 of the Caldwell Lighting archives at the Smithsonian.  

Our client also has a set of four available separately.

Prior to using Buy It Now, please contact us so we may confirm availability as our client has this set for sale in their retail shop.  Thank you.

Item HA-2489-2.  Items sold as-is.  All sales final.

Caldwell is widely considered to be the most important and influential designers and producers of fine lighting in the late 19th and early 20th century in the U.S. They collaborated with many renowned architects such as McKim, Mead and White, Carrère and Hastings, Horace Trumbauer, and Cass Gilbert.  Their customers included Henry Clay Frick, John Jacob Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, and Henry Morrison Flagler.  Public commissions included the chandeliers in the East Room ballroom and the State Dining Room of the White House, fixtures for the Boston Public Library, and elegant chandeliers and wall sconces for Radio City Music Hall, among many others.  At their height, the firm employed over 1,000 craftsmen in their main location on fifteenth street in New York City.