A Regency Gilt Brass, Clear and Amber Glass Hall Lantern, Circa 1815, after a design by George Bullock
Auction Closed
February 8, 09:14 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the lower frieze on one side bearing a brass label THE LAMP of BUONAPARTE USED AT ST. HELENA / 1821
height 40 ½ in.; width 15 ½ in.
103 cm; 39.5 cm
Supplied by George Bullock for the use of the exiled French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at Longwood House, St Helena, January 1816;
Auction Catalogue of Effects at Longwood belonging to the late Emperor Napoleon, St Helena, April-August 1822, lot 72, acquired by Thomas Greentree;
Pelham Galleries, London;
From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, 28 October 2004.
Martin Levy, 'Napoleon in Exile. The Houses and Furniture supplied by the British Government for the Emperor and his Entourage on St Helena', Furniture History XXXIV (1998), fig.59 p.75 and Appendix I, no.34
Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London 1991, p.166, fig.609