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A PAIR OF REGENCY GILT-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT PIER LAMPS
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A PAIR OF REGENCY GILT-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT PIER LAMPS

IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS MESSENGER & SONS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY GILT-BRONZE THREE-LIGHT PIER LAMPS
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS MESSENGER & SONS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with acanthus-clasped arms issuing from waisted reservoirs with berried finials, on fluted waisted socles with stiff-leaf borders
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide (2)
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Patterns for related oil lamps, in the Roman manner, featured in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808 (pl.141). Amongst the leading manufacturers of such lamps in the 1820s were Messrs Hancock and Rixon, trading as lustre, lamp and glass manufacturers from Cockspur Street, Pall Mall, and Thomas Messenger & Sons of Birmingham and London, who advertised as 'Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Tripods and Lamps of every description in bronze and or-moulu'.