Really beautiful Aesthetic Gas Sconces from 1880
with vey interesting transfer etched shades are quite
understated for Victorian Sconces which is the rule
of the reform period in the Victorian Era. The reform
period was a reaction to Victorian Ornamentation and
these Aesthetic sconces even though ornate, from our
modern point of view, show the interests
of a new design discussion that was happening.
Previous Victorian fixtures of the Revival period harked
back to designs created in Europe and held important
until the Aesthetic and Eastlake ideas took hold.