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A 'NAUTILUS' BRASS AND COPPER TABLE LAMP
Lot 42

A 'NAUTILUS' BRASS AND COPPER TABLE LAMP

BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1900

Fermé30 September 2021

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GBP 5,625

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A 'NAUTILUS' BRASS AND COPPER TABLE LAMP
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1900
The nautilus shell shade swinging down to conceal the bulb, fitted for electricity, shade possibly associated
22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm.) high, with shell up

Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 11 October 2000, lot 3.

Note du spécialiste


Another rather whimsical and uncharacteristic piece... This electric table lamp combined an ingenious mixture of natural and synthetic components. The iridescent shell of the nautilus, a marine cephalopod of the Pacific and Indian oceans, was pivoted to allow the shade to be raised to allow direct light or lowered, thus providing a more diffused light source (I. Hammerton, Op. cit. p, 144).