A HIGHLY IMPORTANT TWELVE LIGHT ENGLISH CUT GLASS GEORGE III CHANDELIER BY WILLIAM PARKER
REF: FA666
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The slender baluster shaft centred by a two piece pineapple urn surmounted by a van-dyke drop-hung canopy, cascading to the lower spires. The chandelier terminates with a raised-diamond and gadroon-cut pineapple. The double-ogee container issuing twelve upper kick-arms with van-dyke canopies and triangular spires; these alternated with a further twelve notched-cut candle arms, supporting van-dyke drip pans and candle nozzles. The lower stem with draped canopy and lapidary-cut final, the chandelier profusely draped with half back pear-shaped drops and round finials.
- Height 234 cm / 92 "
- Width 112 cm / 44 1⁄4"
- Period 1750-1799
- Year 1790
- Country England
- Provenance Private collection Ireland
- Literature Arbury Hall Nuneaton see Colour plate 7 page 16 The English Glass Chandelier by Martin Mortimer.
- EXHIBITIONS Chandeliers of this elaborate size and quality are exceptional rare with only a handful of examples in existence. Similar examples: Kingston Lacy, Dorset Arbury Hall, Nuneaton Harewood House, Yorkshire
