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A GEORGE IV LACQUERED GILT-BRASS SINUMBRA LAMP
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A GEORGE IV LACQUERED GILT-BRASS SINUMBRA LAMP

BY BRIGHT & CO., CIRCA 1825

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A GEORGE IV LACQUERED GILT-BRASS SINUMBRA LAMP
BY BRIGHT & CO., CIRCA 1825
Of fluted Ionic column form with a pierced urn, with repoussé foliate frieze to the reservoir, labelled 'BRIGHT & CO. (LATE) ARGAND & CO BRUTON ST', originally with an opaque glass shade, on a stepped square base, fitted for electricity
28 in. (71 cm.) high overall
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Lot Essay

This George IV 'Sinumbra' Oil lamp, with Corinthian columned pillar and bacchic vine-wreathed shade, is inscribed Bright & Co., who traded from Bruton Street. Originally from a series of lamps presumably ordered by the 6th Duke of Bedford (d.1839), one was exhibited at Temple Newsam House, 'Country House Lighting 1660-1890', Exhibition Catalogue, 1992, no. 67.

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