Lot 347
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A PAIR OF REGENCY CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT COLZA OIL LAMPS
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A PAIR OF REGENCY CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT COLZA OIL LAMPS

BY JOHNSTON, BROOKES & CO., CIRCA 1815

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A PAIR OF REGENCY CUT-GLASS AND GILT-BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT COLZA OIL LAMPS
BY JOHNSTON, BROOKES & CO., CIRCA 1815
The branches issuing from hobnail-cut baluster columns hung with faceted pendants, below conforming reservoirs, the branches labelled 'JOHNSTON BROOKES & CO., MANUFACTURERS LONDON', with later associated tulip-shaped frosted glass shades
21 in. (53.5 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

The lamps, with their 'pineapple' fonts or urn-capped pillars may have been retailed from the Strand warehouse of William Collins, celebrated as 'Glass Manufacturer' to George IV, while their Grecian palm-flowered pillars were manufactured by Messrs. Johnston, Brookes, Hector and Davidson, Brass-founders and Lamp-manufacturers of New Street Square. Collins employed the latter on occasion, such as lights supplied in 1823 for the 3rd Duke of Northumberland.

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