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Category
Historic Services / Lighting
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, ormolu and glass
Measurements
1347 x 264 x 264 mm
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533187.2
Summary
A brass, two-light, gothic, ormolu electric table standard on a square base. T bar shaped stand with fluted sections and leaf decoration protruding, topped by a decorated urn with leaf finial. It features two matt glass globes which are screwed in. The square base has a shield design to bottom section of stand which frames the switch to active the light. This switch points outwards, on the opposite side to the electric cable on this example. Believed to have been acquired in 1824 from Hancock & Rixon in London, which would indicate that they would have originally been fuelled by Colza oil. Glass globes are not believed to be original, photos exist with flamed shape glass in place. One of a pair of oil lamps which are part of a larger set (two in library, two smaller on buffet include cms numbers). These lamps are the largest of the set.