"Now, auction house Sotheby's believes it has uncovered missing treasure after tracing the lights' history from the grand salon of French king Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour, through generations of European aristocracy."
"Magalhaes believes the appliques were created by master sculptor Jacques Caffieri... they bear all the stylistic hallmarks of Caffieri's work."
"It has been a lot of detective work and a little supposition based on facts. We know they are very similar to the chandeliers and we know the chandeliers were moved back and forth with four wall lights."
"Although the four wall lights at Swinton are not signed, they bear all the stylistic hallmarks of Caffieri's work, indicating a significant historical connection to Madame de Pompadour."
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