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A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS
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A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS

IN THE MANNER OF OSLER & CO., MID-19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR EARLY VICTORIAN CUT-GLASS THREE-LIGHT WALL LIGHTS
IN THE MANNER OF OSLER & CO., MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with circular rose-cut wall bracket issuing an arched branch with faceted triangular flèche, a downswept canopy hung with droplets, with an upturned rose-cut receptacle issuing three scrolled branches, each with a drip-pan hung with droplets and foliate-cut nozzle, restorations and replacements
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep (4)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

F. & C. Osler were established in Birmingham in Great Charles Street in 1807, the partners being Thomas Osler and William Shakespeare. After Abraham Follet Osler, Thomas's son, joined the partnership in 1831, the firm was moved to Broad Street and engine power added to the means of production allowing the manufacturing of chandeliers to be greatly increased. One of their most famous creations was the 'crystal fountain' that formed the centrepiece of the 1851 Great Exhibition. They continued in the production of high-quality glass chandeliers until well past 1900, including the exportation of glass light-fittings and chandeliers to India and for Ibrahim Pascha of Egypt (M. Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, pp. 156-157).

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