Lot 70
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A RED ENAMEL-PAINTED METAL PARAFFIN LAMP
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A RED ENAMEL-PAINTED METAL PARAFFIN LAMP

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A RED ENAMEL-PAINTED METAL PARAFFIN LAMP
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With domed chimney above a glass shade inscribed 'TILLEY PYREX BRAND 182 HEAT RESISTING MADE IN ENGLAND', the shaft above a white-metal kettle-form reservoir with valve and original pump
15¼ in. (39 cm.) high;
and an Edwardian brass table lamp, circa 1900-10, attributed to Perry & Wood. - 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

A brass standard lamp of almost identical design to the latter by Perry & Wood, London, was acquired by the Gascoine family for Lotherton Hall and is discussed in C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 1998, no.739.

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