THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED HANGING LANTERN
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The circular vase-shaped lantern with brass candle-socket and finial, with triple-chain suspension and circular smoke-shade, with later brass three-light fitment, the glass elements associated to each other
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

Closely related hanging-lamps are in the lobby and vestibules to the Upper Hall at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire and also at Temple Newsam House, Leeds (Country House Lighting, Leeds, 1992, no. 57, pp. 77-78). A large smoke shade, of the same design as the present lot, can be seen in the Lamp-Room at Port Eliot, Cornwall (ibid., p. 10, fig. 2).

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