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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The leaf-tip corona issuing ring chains and trails of faceted drops, joined at the centre a Greek key and palmette circlet and graduated tiers of faceted beads and drops, centred by a candle branch above a faceted boss and further drops, the seven foliate scrolled arms headed by ram's masks, supporting faceted glass vase nozzles, the drip-pans festooned with strings of beads and drops, losses and replacements to the glass, later fitted for electricity
57 1/4 in. (145.5 cm.) high; 33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) diameter
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The leaf-tip corona issuing ring chains and trails of faceted drops, joined at the centre a Greek key and palmette circlet and graduated tiers of faceted beads and drops, centred by a candle branch above a faceted boss and further drops, the seven foliate scrolled arms headed by ram's masks, supporting faceted glass vase nozzles, the drip-pans festooned with strings of beads and drops, losses and replacements to the glass, later fitted for electricity
57 1/4 in. (145.5 cm.) high; 33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. W. Donald Scott, Bowden Park.
Acquired with the house by Lord Weinstock in 1967.
Acquired with the house by Lord Weinstock in 1967.
Literature
R. Edwards, 'Bowden Park, Wiltshire, The Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Scott', Connoisseur, April 1961, p. 168, fig. 5 (in situ in the oval hall, later the music room).
Special notice
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Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections