A RARE PAIR OF WILLIAM IV AMERICAN BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT ARGAND LAMPS

A RARE PAIR OF WILLIAM IV AMERICAN BRONZE TWIN-LIGHT ARGAND LAMPS

BY HENRY N. HOOPER, BOSTON, C.1835

each lamp with a central urn finial on a turned support issuing angled arms, above a square pedestal and stepped foot, each with an applied label inscribed 'Manufactured by H. N. Hooper, Boston' later fitted for electricity (2)

41.5cm high

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

Henry N. Hooper and Company, were a leading purveyor of lighting fixtures in mid-nineteenth century Boston. A related pair of lamps can be found in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession no. 2002.391.2a-e.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.