Lot 72
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AN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
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AN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

OF GEORGE III STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

Details
AN ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
OF GEORGE III STYLE, 20TH CENTURY
The over-arching corona hung with cut-glass droplets above a faceted baluster shaft with a second tier of over-arching leaves hung with conforming droplets above a faceted and trellis-cut shaft with dished ring hung with droplets, and issuing faceted scrolled branches with drip-pans and nozzles and hung with droplets, fitted for electricity, losses and replacements
51½ in. (131 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Bought from Partridge Fine Arts Ltd. on 25 November 1965.
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.
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Lot Essay

This chandelier is a copy of a pair that was installed in the Berkeley Square mansion of Princess Marina and H.R.H The Duke of Kent. A related example is now at No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, the headquarters of The Bath Preservation Trust and is illustrated in M. Mortimer, The English Chandelier, 2000, p. 125, pl. 70

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