A GILT BRONZE GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL CHANDELIER

A GILT BRONZE, GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL CHANDELIER

BY FARADAY & SONS, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with a baluster and faceted stem decorated with leaf appliques, issuing ten scrolling leaf branches with fluted nozzles, hung overall with faceted beads, lustres, ball and pear shaped drops, stamped 'F&S' and '14', later fitted for electricity

118cm high, 91.5cm wide

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

Faraday & Sons were founded by Robert Faraday, older brother of the famous scientist Michael Faraday. The firm was based in Wardour Street, London. They were acquired by F. & C. Osler in 1919.