Lot 103
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A BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LAMP
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A BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LAMP

19TH CENTURY

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A BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LAMP
19th Century
The ebonised turned shaft surmounted by a Corinthian column, with palmette-decorated pedestal and a plinth base, with two paper labels attached to the base, one inscribed in ink '... in Rome', fitted for electricity; with a crimson silk-lined shade with green and crimson braid and bullion fringe, possibly Italian
16½ in. (42 cm.) high
Provenance
The late John Teed, Esq., The Old Manor House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Patterns for related bronzed and lacquered columnar 'Sinumbra' lamps feature in a Regency lamp maker's book illustrated in C. Gilbert, Country House Lighting, Temple Newsam Country House Studies, no. 4, Leeds, 1992, fig. 43.

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