A WAS Benson copper and brass extending floor lamp

A WAS Benson copper and brass extending floor lamp, four flaring legs with claw feet, central extending stem with silvered metal ball terminal, the reservoir flanked with four silvered copper leaves, stamped to foot, patent mark to mechanism, 154cm. high

Literature

Ian Hamerton (editor) WAS Benson Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC books,page 132 plate 110 for a comparable example illustrated

Provenance

Private collection.