CIRCA 1795

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A DIRECTOIRE TOLE PEINTE LAMPE BOUILLOTTE
CIRCA 1795
With pierced, spreading adjustable shade and pierced scrolled candle branch, the ring-headed shaft above a dished circular socle, retaining its original distressed black, gold and cream decorative scheme
20 in. (51 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

An identical 'Upright student candle lamp' used by Elijah Demond while he was a student at Dartmouth College, 1816-1820, now in the Worcester Historical Society is illustrated in A. Hayward, Colonial Lighting, New York, 1962, pl.40.

A very similar example was offered in the Bill Blass sale, Sotheby's New York, 21-23 October 1993, lot 789.

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