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Lot Essay
A closely related hall lantern but five feet in height, with coloured glass border panels was supplied for the hall at Burton Constable by William Collins in 1832 at a cost of £60 (Country House Lighting 1660-1890, Leeds, 1992, p. 73, fig. 35). Two further related lanterns of this model with red glass border panels have come from grand English country houses. One, with a large protective glass dish above the lantern was at Noseley Hall and sold by the Haselrigg family, Noseley Hall, Leicestershire, Sotheby's house sale, 28-29 September 1998, lot 168 (£23,000 including premium). Another was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 18 November 1993, lot 16 (£14,375). The latter had previously been at Swindridgemuir, Ayrshire. Another, with plain red glass, was offered anonymously, Christie's, London, 4 July 1991, lot 16.
William Collins, of 227 Strand, was a leading supplier of ormolu and brass light fittings. Perhaps his most ambitious commission was to supply a pair of enormous chandeliers for Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, for Northumberland House, Strand, in 1823. They were recently sold anonymously (as 'centrepieces'), Christie's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 105.
William Collins, of 227 Strand, was a leading supplier of ormolu and brass light fittings. Perhaps his most ambitious commission was to supply a pair of enormous chandeliers for Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, for Northumberland House, Strand, in 1823. They were recently sold anonymously (as 'centrepieces'), Christie's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 105.