Sale 5327
London
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23 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 5,625
Estimate
A PAIR OF IRISH REGENCY ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS TWO-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS EARLY 19TH CENTURY Each oval patera backplate supporting a faceted spire with a canopy hung with lustres and with two S-scroll branches with similar drip pans and nozzles, restorations and replacements 25 in. (64 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Shannagarry House, Shannagarry, County Cork.
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A design for a closely related wall light is illustrated in Mrs. Graydon Stannus, Old Irish Glass, 1921, plate IV.
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