Lot 285
  • 285

A patinated and parcel-gilt bronze hexagonal lantern 20th century, based on a design by Mayhew and Ince

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Description

  • 120cm. high, 49cm. wide; 3ft. 11½in., 1ft 7¼in.
each panel with gothic-arched tracery and glazed sides, with a five branch candle-arm within

Catalogue Note

The form of this lantern is adapted from a design by John Mayhew and William Ince, illustrated in The Universal System of Household Furniture of 1762, pl.V, ( see illustration).

For comparison see Sotheby`s London, 7 July 1995, lot 3.