Pair of Regency twelve-branch black and gilded bronze ‘Greek Key’ Dish Lights
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Pair of Regency twelve-branch black and gilded bronze ‘Greek Key’ Dish Lights
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Pair of Regency twelve-branch black and gilded bronze Greek Key Dish Lights:
the dish with circular band of gilded Greek Key motif; with palmate cups
and acanthus leaf decoration; suspended by three chains to top boss.
Circa 1830, and restored.
| Height: | 32" | - | 81cm |
| Width: | 26" | - | 66cm |
Glossary Words
Regency
Named after the Prince Regent, later George IV, circa 1810 to 1830, the term is also used more widely to describe the prevailing English neo-classical style between the 1790s and 1840. In lighting, they used multiple cut-glass prisms to achieve as many reflections as possible such as 'double-stars' and 'icicles'. Two chandelier designs typical of this period are the colza oil dish light and the balloon-shaped chandelier with graduated chains of prisms.
