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Lot 474

A GEORGE II BRASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

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A GEORGE II BRASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1730

With gadrooned corona above a shaped ribbed stem, the ovoid body issuing eight scrolling candlearms with gadrooned pendant and pierced shaped finial, drilled for electricity
36in. (92cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) diameter

With Puttnick & Simpson, London
Sotheby's London, 5 October 1956, lot ---
With the Old Metalcraft Shop, London
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kingsley

Specialist note

The playwright Sidney Kingsley won a Pulitzer Prize in 1933 for his Broadway play 'Men in White' which later became a film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. Among his other productions were 'Dead End' and 'Detective Story' which were also adapted for film.