An Unusual Pair of Early 20thC Zinc Wall Lights in The Form of Wyverns c.1910-25 antiques with the foot rest showing

with the foot rest showing the most wear as to be expected

gilded internally with faceted internal stopper

liked to engage in phrenology using plaster phrenological heads like this one as maps for reading skull shapes

They do have some rippling

thus the attractive and useful octagonal form for a better grip

An Unusual Pair of Early 20thC Zinc Wall Lights in The Form of Wyverns c.1910-25 antiques with the foot rest showingOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1910 25Each: Width: 8Depth: 17Height: 26 (all at extremities)The unusual zinc wall lights in the form of mythical wyverns, each with shaped back plates, with the beasts having trumpeted pendants dropping from their jaws to act as the light sources, both cast in two pieces and with a good established patina surviving from and the first quarter of the twentieth century. The lights would need