Six candle branch gilded and cut glass Regency ‘Urn’ Chandelier
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Six candle branch gilded and cut glass Regency ‘Urn’ Chandelier
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Six candle branch gilded and cut glass Regency ‘Urn’ Chandelier :
the acorn-and-oak leaf design gilded bronze ring, with central cut glass urn, supported on curving sea-serpent frame, suspended on three ornamental chains from top corona; dressed with rows of ‘double-star’ prisms and gilt-capped ‘icicle’ pendants.
Circa 1820 and restored.
| Height: | 39" | - | 100cm |
| Width: | 21" | - | 54cm |
Glossary Words
'double star' prisms
Round cut-glass prisms with star-cuttings on both sides. One of the finest of prisms, generally used on Regency and later chandeliers by Perry & Co.
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.
'icicle' pendant
Tapered cut-glass pendant with multi-facetted cutting, in the shape of an icicle.
