Cut glass Chandelier by Perry & Co. with twelve lights on two tiers
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Cut glass Chandelier by Perry & Co. with twelve lights on two tiers
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Cut glass Chandelier by Perry & Co. with twelve lights on two tiers:
the baluster stem cut with horizontal and vertical slices; the lower ‘rope-twist’ branches and scrolls with unusual stepped form; dressed overall with split festoons of graduated ‘single-star’ prisms and pear-shaped pendants.
Circa 1860 and restored.
Height: | 53" | - | 135.0cm |
Width: | 42" | - | 107.0cm |
Glossary Words
cut glass
Often now referred to as 'crystal', the glass was blown and shaped, then passed to a specialist cutter, who would polish and cut patterns to enhance its brilliance.
Perry & Co
William Perry opened a shop at 72 New Bond Street in 1817 as Glass Manufacturer to the Prince Regent. The firm continued under different ownerships until the Depression of 1930. Perry produced a range of magnificent chandeliers, generally suitable for palaces. During the second half of the nineteenth century, at least, their name was linked with a particular kind of chandelier. It featured long, slender stem-pieces centring on an urn-shaped section, with generous double-ogee canopies above and a similar shaped dish inverted as a receiver bowl for the branches. Arms were normally rope-twist, often with moulded drip pans. There were seldom glass candle cups, merely a short tube with a saveall. The chandelier would be profusely dressed with graduated festoons of 'double-star' prisms and English 'pear' pendants, often alternating with clear spheres, and below, a faceted, pointed finial. They closed in 1921.
baluster
A term used to describe the stems of chandeliers, meaning shaped like a balustrade; curvaceous, with a series of urns.
festoon
A hanging garland of prisms or flowers.
'single star' prisms
Round cut-glass prism, with flat front and star-cut back. Used on early 19th century Regency chandeliers. Later used extensively by Osler for their drapery in the late 19th century.
English 'pear' pendant
Pear-shaped cut-glass pendant with a facetted front and pointed star back.