OFFERED HERE IS A PAIR OF EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY EARLY ELECTRIC CUT GLASS CANDELABRA FROM THE FAMOUS F & C OSLER GLASSWORKS IN BIRMINGHAM. THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1807 AND CARRIED ON UNTIL 1922, ALTHOUGH POSSIBLY UNMARKED (THERE MAY BE STAMPS ON INDIVIDUAL BRASS ELEMENTS) I GUARANTEE THEY ARE OSLER PIECES AND DATE FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. DESCRIPTION ; 30 INCHES TALL , 15 INCHES WIDE AND EXTREMELY HEAVY , ALL THE CUT SHADES ARE ORIGINAL , THERE ARE 2 SLIGHT DIFFERENCES , THE GLASS FEET HAVE DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR PATTERNS , SEE IMAGE 5 AND 9. IMAGES 3,4,5,6 & 7 SHOW LAMP ONE WHICH IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL AND UNDAMAGED WITH THE BONE FINIAL TO THE ON/OFF SWITCH. IMAGES 8,9 & 10 SHOW LAMP TWO , IN IMAGE 10 IT SHOWS THIS ONE HAS A REPLACEMENT UPPER HALF TO THE CENTRAL GLASS BALL AND SCONCE, THE FINIAL AT THE TOP IS IDENTICAL. IF THESE WERE NOT POINTED OUT YOU WOULD BE HARD PUT TO NOTICE THEM AT ALL. LAMP ONE ; PERFECT OTHER THAN A FEW TINY NIBBLES TO THE SHADE FITTER EDGE. LAMP TWO ; USUAL FITTER NIBBLES ON SHADES AND PROFESSIONALLY POLISHED OUT CHIP FROM MAIN COLUMN (BY WILKINSON WHO NOW OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE OSLER NAME) , TWO OF THE FIVE BRASS FEET ARE MISSING AS IS THE BONE FINIAL ON THE ELECTRIC SWITCH. INCIDENTALLY WHEN TALKING TO THE OWNER OF WILKINSONS HE TOLD ME THE ONLY OTHER PAIR OF THESE HE HAD SEEN CAME OFF ARISTOTLE ONASSIS’S YACHT AND WERE BROUGHT TO HIS FATHER FOR RESTORATION IN THE 1960’S. I have now ADDED AN IMAGE SHOWING IT WITH A DUPLEX BURNER! The item “EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF EARLY ELECTRIC OSLER CUT GLASS CANDELABRA LAMPS” is in sale since Friday, October 11, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Antique Furniture\Lamps\Victorian (1837-1901)”. The seller is “lampman64″ and is located in Spalding. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: Victorian
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Product Type: Lamps
- Age: 1800-1899
