A PAIR OF GERMAN GILT-BRASS ADJUSTABLE OIL LAMPS
BY VESTA, WILD & WESSEL, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FOR ELECTRICITY
Each with green pleated silk shade, modelled as an antique lamp, one inscribed 'VESTA/WILD&WESSEL/BERLIN' and the other inscribed with initials 'PF'; together with a gilt-bronze colza lamp, by James Smethurst, 19th Century, inscribed 'SMETHURST/MANUFACTURER/159 NEW BOND ST', fitted for electricity
The pair: 20 3/4 in. (52.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) diameter
The single: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) wide; 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diameter
A PAIR OF GERMAN GILT-BRASS ADJUSTABLE OIL LAMPS
BY VESTA, WILD & WESSEL, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FOR ELECTRICITY
Each with green pleated silk shade, modelled as an antique lamp, one inscribed 'VESTA/WILD&WESSEL/BERLIN' and the other inscribed with initials 'PF'; together with a gilt-bronze colza lamp, by James Smethurst, 19th Century, inscribed 'SMETHURST/MANUFACTURER/159 NEW BOND ST', fitted for electricity
The pair: 20 3/4 in. (52.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) diameter
The single: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) wide; 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diameter