A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN

A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN

C.1810

of square tapering form, with four glass panes, two polychrome-painted with scrolling foliage around a large anthemion motif, topped by cast leafy-crenelations, with Bacchus mask corners, hanging chain

31cm high (excluding chain)

Literature

See R. Gentle & B. Feild, 'Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820', p. 191, fig. 15, for a comparable lantern.