AN ENGLISH GLASS AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Lot 105

AN ENGLISH GLASS AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER

SECOND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF F. & C. OSLER LTD, BIRMINGHAM

Closed27 February 2013

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GBP 27,500

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AN ENGLISH GLASS AND CUT-GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER
SECOND QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF F. & C. OSLER LTD, BIRMINGHAM
With central baluster stem and hobnail knop terminal, the twelve notched double S-scroll arms with petal-cut drip pans, hung overall with chains of faceted beads and pendants
67 in. (170 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide, approx.

Supplied to the Academy of Medical Sciences, 41 Portland Place, London, W1 by Green & Abbott Ltd. Wigmore Street, London for 492/10s in 1947. Christie's South Kensington, 13 September 2009, lot 51.

Specialist note

The firm of F. & C. Osler Ltd was renowned for its production of impressive scale chandeliers from 1831. The current chandelier relates to a design by Herbert Pepper illustrated in their Electric Light Fittings catalogue of 1907, No. E1173, page 35-36.