A RARE AND LARGE IRISH SILVER SANCTUARY LAMP, MAKER'S MARK I.I PROBABLY FOR JOSEPH JACKSON, DUBLIN, 1782
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October 21, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A RARE AND LARGE IRISH SILVER SANCTUARY LAMP, MAKER'S MARK I.I PROBABLY FOR JOSEPH JACKSON, DUBLIN, 1782
plain baluster form with screw-on flame terminal, suspended by three chains from a domed canopy
marked on rim of lamp and rim of canopy
42 oz
1306 g
length of lamp 12½ in.; length overall 36 in.
31.8 cm; 91.5 cm
Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue:
Please note the the maker's mark is I.I probably for Joseph Jackson, Dublin, 1782 .
Michael Clayton notes in The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, 1971 that only six sanctuary lamps are recorded before 1800 in Great Britain.