A REGENCY BRASS HALL LANTERN, English, circa 1820
Height (to top of ring): 41½ in; 105.5 cm
Diameter: 21 in; 53.5 cm
Diameter: 21 in; 53.5 cm
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£100,000 +
Note: The corona is of later date. The lantern is now fitted for electricity. In almost identical lantern was formerly in the entrance hall of the ‘Big House’ at Bowood...
Note: The corona is of later date. The lantern is now fitted for electricity.
In almost identical lantern was formerly in the entrance hall of the ‘Big House’ at Bowood and was illustrated in Country Life in 1904.
Provenance
Ston Easton Park, Somerset, England.Literature
‘Bowood, Wiltshire, The Seat of The Marquis of Lansdowne’, Country Life, 6 September 1913, p. 328.
‘Bowood House’, Country Life, 22 June 2006, pp. 108-11.
