Lantern
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809)
Category
Metalwork
Date
1777
Materials
Bronze, Glass, Silk
Measurements
865 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771988.1
Summary
One of a set of three, lantern in clear green glass, mounted in ormolu with silk tassels. The inner lamp in the form of a bowl with gadrooning and c-scrolls with three scrolling supports to the top. Pendant pineapple beneath. It hangs on a chain connected to a pulley with ormolu gadrooned ball. The inner lamp hangs within a bell-shaped glass shade with ormolu mounts and leaf pendant. The collar and base are pierced with anthemion and with lobes. The former is linked to the upper shade by three curved arms with ram's head terminals. Above this green glass shade, a red tassle.
Provenance
Osterley Park Heirloom
Makers and roles
Matthew Boulton (Birmingham 1728 - Birmingham 1809), maker