CIRCA 1745 AND LATER ADAPTED

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A RARE AND IMPORTANT GEORGE II BRASS CHANDELIER
CIRCA 1745 AND LATER ADAPTED
The central stem with a flambeau finial supporting nine scrolled branches, the nozzles and drip pans replacements
39in. (99cm.) high; 41½in. (105.5cm.) diameter

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Gentle and Feild, Domestic Metalwork, revised edition, 1994, p. 181 fig. 11.

and Robert Sherlock, English Brass Chandeliers', The Magazine, Antiques, September 1959, p.240 for a virtually identical eight branch version of this design.

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