Details
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND DECORATED-GLASS HANGING LIGHT with later quadruple chain suspension, the circlet applied with hunting horns and foxes above anthemia, the bulbous glazed bowl painted with a fox being hunted by hounds and huntsmen through fields and over hedgerows, signed W Collins 1814, the acorn finial below stiff-leaves and key-pattern circlet, distressed
18in. (46cm.) high, excluding suspension
18in. (46cm.) high, excluding suspension
Further details
This dish-light is the earliest recorded work of the light-manufacturer William Collins of 227, The Strand (fl. 1808-1852) who is best known for his work at Northumberland House for the Duke of Northumberland, a commission which spanned seventeen years. Among the self-descriptions used on papers in the Northumberland archive is 'Glass Enameller Glass Manufacturer to the King and to the Royal Family' which presumably refers to the technique used here. This description was used in 1822. He is also known to have supplied fittings to Bath House, Piccadilly, and a pair of torchéres from there are now in the Bowes Museum, Co. Durham. They are signed and dated 1823.
Four lacquered-bronze vase ornaments, formed from four magnificent chandeliers, supplied by Collins and manufactured by Johnston Brookes and Co., of 32 New Street Square for Northumberland House in 1823, were sold by the Duke of Northumberland, Christie's London, 17 November 1988, lots 103 and 104
Four lacquered-bronze vase ornaments, formed from four magnificent chandeliers, supplied by Collins and manufactured by Johnston Brookes and Co., of 32 New Street Square for Northumberland House in 1823, were sold by the Duke of Northumberland, Christie's London, 17 November 1988, lots 103 and 104