POSSIBLY BY JAMES HAYWOOD OF BIRMINGHAM, 1783

Details

A GEORGE III BRASS SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER
POSSIBLY BY JAMES HAYWOOD OF BIRMINGHAM, 1783
The ball knopped gadrooned stem engraved 'THE GIFT OF Mr. HENRY RIDGEWAY OF MOBBERLY. 1783.', the pendant ring replaced, the nozzles and drip-pans possibly later
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) width

Provenance

A gift of Mr Henry Ridgeway to the Congregational Chapel, Knolls Green, Cheshire in 1783.

Literature

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses in the North of England, 1994, p. 24.

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Lot Essay

In 1782, Henry Ridgeway of Newton Hall, Mobberly, Cheshire conveyed a parcel of land at Knolls Green to Samuel Jepson for the purpose of building a Congregational Chapel. This chandelier, probably by the Birmingham brass-founder James Haywood (d.1808) was a gift to the Knolls Green Congregational Chapel in 1783. It is further illustrated in the National Monuments Record (NMR BB81/7725).

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