AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT LANTERNS

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"WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT INDUSTRY AND VERY LITTLE ABOUT ART, WE BRITISH - I WISH WE COULD USE THE WORD ENGLISH - LOOK UPON ART AS SOMETHING THAT JUST COMES ALONG. WE FORGET THAT ART IS THE MAINSPRING FROM WHICH ALL INDUSTRY OF ANY ARTISTIC PRETENCES AT ALL MUST COME" OMAR RAMSDEN AT A MEETING OF DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURES AT GOLDSMITHS' HALL, 1935, (SEE R. RANSOME WALLIS, CURATOR, TREASURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY LONDON, 2000, P.29). THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT LANTERNS

MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1928

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AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER-GILT LANTERNS
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1928
EACH CYLINDRICAL WITH STRAPWORK SIDES, THE STRAPS EACH CAPPED WITH A STRAPWORK BUTTRESS, WITH A TAPERING COVER WITH A SUSPENSION LOOP FINIAL, THE BASE AND BODY WITH LATER FROSTED GLASS LINERS, WITH A OPENWORK SCROLL BRACKET, FULLY MARKED
60 OZ. (1,861 GR.) (2)

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