拍品专文
The form of these colza-oil lamps derives from an engraving for a funerary monument by Piranesi in his Vasi of 1778.
A similar pair of lamps was sold by the late John Tillotson, in these Rooms, 29 November 1984, lot 91 and was acquired by the Leeds City Art Galleries for Temple Newsam House. That pair, engraved with a ducal coronet above the initial N and believed to have belonged to the Duke of Newcastle, is thought to have been supplied by Thomas Messenger of Birmingham and London.
A closely related pair was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 17 November 1988, lot 8 and a further pair at Sotheby's New York, 16 October 1993, lot 29
A similar pair of lamps was sold by the late John Tillotson, in these Rooms, 29 November 1984, lot 91 and was acquired by the Leeds City Art Galleries for Temple Newsam House. That pair, engraved with a ducal coronet above the initial N and believed to have belonged to the Duke of Newcastle, is thought to have been supplied by Thomas Messenger of Birmingham and London.
A closely related pair was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 17 November 1988, lot 8 and a further pair at Sotheby's New York, 16 October 1993, lot 29