Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 500

FORTY-EIGHT COLOURED-GLASS HANGING NIGHT-LIGHT LANTERNS

CIRCA 1858, FOR THE VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT TO STONELEIGH ABBEY, WARWICKSHIRE

Closed8 July 2009

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FORTY-EIGHT COLOURED-GLASS HANGING NIGHT-LIGHT LANTERNS
CIRCA 1858, FOR THE VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT TO STONELEIGH ABBEY, WARWICKSHIRE
Comprising sixteen each of ruby, blue and amber glass, some applied colour
3½ in. (9 cm.) high (48)

Stoneleigh Abbey, Warkwickshire, by repute.

Specialist note

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Stoneleigh on 14-16 June 1858. The old Abbey gate and garden were hung with coloured lamps to illuminate the magnificent festivities.