An Unusual Pair of Early 20thC Zinc Wall Lights in The Form of Wyverns c.1910-25 antiques liked to engage in phrenology

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

Most popular in the late 19th century through the 1940s

Depth: 15”

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 liked to engage in phrenologyOrigin: 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