A RARE PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU WALL BRACKETS CIRCA 1745-49 Of ornate bearded mask form, within elaborate pierced scrolling surrounds, bowed shelf with leaf border above, both with 'C' couronné poinçon markeach 22cm wide, 28cm high, tops 12cm deepFor a near identical pair please see Sotheby's, London, Important French Furniture and Clocks, 15th June 1990, Lot 37 (£16,500). The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.