Pair of Brass Argand Lamps with Cut Glass Shades

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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

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