Lot Essay
An earlier lantern of similar design is illustrated - Jonathan Bourne and Venessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Sotheby's Publications 1991. Page 218, fig. 712.
Details
A GILT BRONZE LANTERN OF POLYGONAL OUTLINE
inset with bevelled glass panels, the terminal cast with lion masks and acanthus ornament, the stepped top with vacant escutcheons below a coronet and suspension loop, 20th century -- 32in. (81.3cm.) high
See Colour Plate
inset with bevelled glass panels, the terminal cast with lion masks and acanthus ornament, the stepped top with vacant escutcheons below a coronet and suspension loop, 20th century -- 32in. (81.3cm.) high
See Colour Plate