A GEORGE IV BRONZE HANGING-LANTERN

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A GEORGE IV BRONZE HANGING-LANTERN
Of eared-square shape, each corner with a foliate-enriched satyr-mask in a beaded-band above scrolling acanthus and with fruit and acorns hanging from his beard, divided by four lappeted and fluted handles with a foliate and foliage bulbous finial, stamped to the inside 'LONDON', lacking lights and hanging-chains
23in. (58.5cm.) diagonal

拍品专文

This oil lamp is designed in the early 19th Century antique manner, popularised by the connoisseur Thomas Hope in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration of 1807. A closely related hanging-lantern was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 14 July 1994, lot 129 while a colza oil-lantern complete with hanging chains and foliate corona was sold on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 198.