A Victorian cut-glass chandelier circa 1870

of unusual form, the cut shaft of fountain form unusually engraved with anthemions, the upper section with twelve scroll branches arranged on two levels, these with
scallop edged turnover canopies and pine-cone finials, the main receiver bowl
with under canopy and finial the receiver mount surmounted by twenty four
candle branches arranged on two tiers, with corresponding canopies to the
upper section hung with eight sided spangles and spear shaped drops, the
branches surmounted with finely engraved hurricane shades

In good condition and ready to place. Some replaced elements and minor chips and losses as to be expected.
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Martin Mortimer, The English Glass Chandelier, 2000, pl. 83 illustrates a cut-glass chandelier with hurricane shades and notes that chandeliers most likely made for the Indian market were fitted with hurricane shades. Indeed Amin Jaffer, in Furniture from British India and Ceylon, A catalogue of the collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, 2001, pl.12-13,  illustrates two watercolour views of Indian Colonial interiors showing such chandeliers. It therefore seems likely that the present chandelier was made for such a market.