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Sold for (Inc. bp): £451
19TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (949 grams total, 23.7 cm wide).
Hollow-formed with central bulb and two spouts; the handle C-shaped with gryphon-head finial, spiked neck and gaping mouth; basal ring and filler-hole with hinge for a cover; nozzles with flange rims and dentilled edge; three suspension chains with suspension hook; after the antique. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Bailey, D.M., A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum. IV. Lamps of Metal and Stone and Lampstands, London, 1988, pl.90, items Q3831-Q3832, for the host type.
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