A GEORGE I SIXTEEN-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIER
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A GEORGE I SIXTEEN-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIER

BASICALLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY WITH REPLACEMENTS

細節
A GEORGE I SIXTEEN-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIER
BASICALLY EARLY 18TH CENTURY WITH REPLACEMENTS
The candle sockets and broad drip-pans on two graduated tiers of S-scroll branches centered by a subsidiary band of ornamental scrolls, the multi-knopped stem with sphere terminal suspended from later loop and dove finial, the nozzles replaced
55 in. (139.7 cm.) high
The upper tier: 55 in. (139.7 cm.) wide;
The lower tier: 48 in. (121.9 cm.) wide
來源
Bought by John Fowler from Mallett in 1964.
A private collection, Notley Abbey, Buckinghamshire.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

These chandeliers have been restored under the supervision of Robert Sherlock, F.S.A. He dates this one narrowly by comparing the baluster stem with the identical ones of chandeliers dated between 1701-23. the branches are similar to those at Lancaster (1717), St. Mary-le-Wigford and Frampton, Lincolnshire (1722). The stepped scrolls are identical tothose formerly at Prees, Shropshire (1717) and the plain ball tends to be before 1720.

This chandelier is suspended from a ring which is the correct design, but a replacement, taken from a London-made chandelier of 1720 at St. Mary-le-Wigford, Lincoln where it can be seen in combination with this dove; this is also an aftercast from an example at the church of St. Andrew, Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset of 1712.