An exceptionally rare pair of bronze wall lamps, or sconces, in an Arts & Crafts mediaeval-revival style bearing patinated bronze plaques designed by German sculptor, Barbara von Kalckreuth (1905-1997), for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and produced by the Lauchhammer foundry. The plaques were commissioned as a series called 'Olympia - A. Chr. N.' ('ante Chrīstum nātum', or 'B.C.E.) for presentation items at the '36 Games. When they appear at all, it's as a boxed set of plaques, usually inscribed by people in the higher echelons of the Nazi party, but we've not been able to track down any wall lamps, despite extensive research. Kalckreuth is best known for her portraiture busts - post-war, including anti-war figures and resistance fighters - but before and during the war she was commissioned by the National Socialist government to design several presentations and trophies for sporting events, and regularly exhibited at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung (Great German Art Exhibition). The plaques draw imagery from ancient Greek vases, and represent two of the six days of the original Olympics. There is a swastika present within the imagery of one of the plaques, which may have been present in the original vases, when it reflected a symbol of good fortune in the West. The lamps have new fittings, and accept two E14 small Edison screw bulbs. They can be hard-wired into the wall, or with a trailing cable to a socket. They are hung on a hook or nail, with a hanging loop to the backs of the lamps. Each plaque is marked 'B.v.K' (Barbara von Kalckreuth) and bears the Lauchhammer foundry mark.