Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 135

A GEORGE IV GILT-BRASS FOUR-LIGHT COLZA LAMP

CIRCA 1825

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 7,500

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A GEORGE IV GILT-BRASS FOUR-LIGHT COLZA LAMP
CIRCA 1825
Decorated overall with Bacchanalian masks and fruiting vines, with acanthus crested ceiling rose
17 in. (43 cm.) high; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Similar 'Roman' hanging lamps, with acanthus-enrichments in the early 19th century Louis Quatorze fashion were supplied to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (d. 1852) for The Gallery, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire.