Chandelier
Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Glass and ormolu
Measurements
2250 mm (Height); 1240 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607513
Summary
Large cut glass and ormolu chandelier with branches for eighteen lights linked to an ormolu ring decorated with scrolling foliage. Festooned with cut glass pendants, rises to ceiling in three tiers of cascades of cut glass circules and drops. Possibly London manufacture circa 1815.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.