BY BRIGHT & CO., CIRCA 1825

細節

TWO GEORGE IV BRONZE AND GILT-LACQUERED BRASS COLZA OIL LAMPS
BY BRIGHT & CO., CIRCA 1825
Each with a cylindrical reservoir above a stem, the single-branch lamp applied with palmettes on a stepped base, lacking one branch; the two-branch lamp with flame finial similarly applied and on fluted stem and cylindrical plinth, stamped 'Bright & Co. Bruton St.', electrified
29½ in. (74 cm.) and 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high respectively (2)

來源

[Possibly] Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire and thence by descent.
Property from Two Ducal Collections, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, Christie's House sale, 20-21 September 2004, lots 104 and 105.

出版

The two branch lamp illustrated in situ at Woburn in the Library in the Guide Book, 1974, p. 34.

拍品專文

Bright and Co. shared premises with Argand and Co. at 37 Bruton Street, London from about 1805. Bright seems to have taken over the Argand business by around 1825 (Temple Newsam House, 'Country House Lighting 1660-1890', Exhibition Catalogue, 1992, no. 72).

A gothic lamp similar to the current two branch lamp, with urn-capped pillar and fretted octagonal plinth, is in the collections at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire and bears the label 'Hancock & Rixon' of Great Marlborough Street (ibid).