A pair of Victorian glass and silvered metal three branch wall lights by F. & C. Osler of Birmingham circa 1880

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

24cm. high; 9½in.

the three adjustable scroll branches with etched and cut decoration, the oval back plates with geometric and guilloche motifs, the metal support of each stamped ' F & C Osler'

Catalogue Note

The firm of Osler and Co. was highly regarded. They took part in most of the international exhibitions in London and Paris. The massive fountain in the central court of Crystal Palace in 1851 was one of their best known productions. In the same exhibition, Osler displayed a 17ft. high pair of candelabra each weighing nearly a ton. On visiting the exhibition, Prince Albert commissioned a similar pair for Queen Victoria. This pair of candelabra can be seen today in Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Osler were amongst the first to make chandeliers lit by gas, rather than oil or candle and within two years of the invention of the electric light bulb, they were making electroliers.