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Rare pair of Georgian two-light girandoles 18th century the body of moulded and cut-glass i...

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Rare pair of Georgian two-light girandoles 18th century the body of moulded and cut-glass i...
Rare pair of Georgian two-light girandoles
18th century
the body of moulded and cut-glass in stand-form; with central faceted glass column topped by a star finial and hung with faceted prisms; supporting five scrolling arms two ending in candle nozzles with drip pan and three with star-finals; all hung with prisms. (One arm broken, prisms missing and replaced, one drip pan with damage).
H24 1/2" Dia.16"
*Provenance: George Horace Lorimer, Editor of the Saturday Evening Post (1899-1936) devoted much time and money to his art and antique collections especially Americana and English fine and decorative arts, including extensive collections of English glass and crystal. In 1938, Lorimer left the Philadelphia Museum of Art a large collection of glass and crystal. According to Thomas B. K. Ringe of the law firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, November 11, 1938, "The Director (of the Philadelphia Museum of Art) announced that through the bequest of George Horace Lorimer the Museum has now received about 600 pieces of English and American glass, form his collection of glass. There are seventy-six English pieces, including the finest of his English drinking glasses, headed by the famous 'Royal Ook'. To the the best of our knowledge this is the finest body of English glass in America. The American glass includes notable groups of Stiegel, Jersey and other wares, forming perhaps the most representative collection in any museum."
Members of the family retained some of the George Horace Lorimer English crystal and glass collection, and the remaining collection inventory was auctioned along with Lorimer's fine and decorative arts in 1944 by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., in late March and Late October.
One of Lorimer's sons, Burford, retained this pair of girandoles, pair of sconces, and a chandelier for use in his country estate Millhaven Plantation.
Est 5,000-7,000