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AN EDWARDIAN BRASS AND COPPER PARAFIN LAMP
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AN EDWARDIAN BRASS AND COPPER PARAFIN LAMP

STAMPED BENSON & CO BOND STREET LONDON, CIRCA 1905

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AN EDWARDIAN BRASS AND COPPER PARAFIN LAMP
STAMPED BENSON & CO BOND STREET LONDON, CIRCA 1905
The pierced brass burner corona above three bakelite switches signed 'BENSON & CO BOND STREET LONDON' and 'EVERED AND COY Ltd. PATENT', the copper reservoir above a columnar shaft and domed, rubbed copper weighted base
18½ in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased from Piers von Westenholz, 82 New Bond Street, London.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

W.A.S. Benson's (d. 1924) work was originally fostered by Morris & Co. and he became internationally recognised specifically for his designs for lighting fixtures, sold through Samuel Bing's famous shop in Paris. Benson illustrated a pattern for a related paraffin lamp, manufactured at his Chiswick Mall workshops, in a pamphlet entitled, Notes on Some of the Minor Arts. This was published in 1883, around the time he established New Bond Street showrooms ( P. Rose,' W.A.S. Benson', Antique Collecting, November 2003 pp.32-37).

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