Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2337Location: BostonDate / Time: November 04, 2006 3:00PM
Description:
Pair of Brass Argand Lamps with Cut Glass Shades, "Messenger & Son 20 Greville St. London & Birmingham," c. 1830, the two-arm lamps urn-form fonts decorated with applied cast brass masks and floral swags, the shaft with a spread wing eagle and scrolled foliage resting on a square base with cut corners, the arms supporting a pair of period-style cut and etched glass shades in a flower and vine pattern, including two glass chimneys, ht. 21, wd. 16 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500