CIRCA 1775-1800

Details

A GEORGE III BLACKENED ZINC LANTERN
CIRCA 1775-1800
Of square tapering form with arched pagoda top with two bands of pierced fretwork and a row of finials cast with palmettes, losses
39 in. (99.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Almost certainly at the entrance to Chesterfield House, London, until removed to Harewood House Yorkshire by
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, (1882-1947) and by descent at Harewood House.

Literature

A pair of identical lanterns illustrated outside Chesterfield House, London (D. Pearce, London's Mansions: The Palatial Houses of the Nobility, London, 1986, fig. 43, p.72.), shown flanked by black-painted and parcel-gilt cast-iron railings. The latter sold, Christie's, London, Harewood House, 3 October 1988, lot 104.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Chesterfield House was Issac Ware's most important commission and was completed in 1749 for the 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773). In 1773, the Stanhope family took up residence at the house. It is from this period that the present lot dates. Although there are no records to confirm this, it is highly probable that refurbishements took place in anticipation of (or subsequent to) the family's arrival at Chesterfield. The house remained in the Chesterfield family until 1869 when it was sold to Charles Magniac and subsequently to Lord Burton.

After their marriage in February 1922, Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood and his new bride, H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) lived at the house. When the residence was demolished in 1937, architectural elements were salvaged and removed to Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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