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A BRASS, COPPER AND GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
Lot 133

A BRASS, COPPER AND GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER

BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1899

Closed30 September 2021

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A BRASS, COPPER AND GLASS SIX-LIGHT CHANDELIER
BY W.A.S. BENSON & CO., CIRCA 1899
The central stem issuing five leaves suspending coils each terminating in leaves and a glass shade and with central conforming fitting, with three original opaline glass shades, probably by James Powell & Son, and five smaller associated green glass shades, fitted for electricity
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) diameter

Purchased from Adrian Tilbrooke, April 1988.

Specialist note


The model illustrated in the W.A.S. Benson & Co. Catalogue 1899/1900. Oscar Graf illustrates a very close variant of this model, lacking central pendant under the heading 'Masterpiece' in his 2015 Tribute to W.A.S. Benson.