PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY COPPER VENETIAN LAMPS ON POLES

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PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY COPPER VENETIAN LAMPS ON POLES CIRCA 1890.

HEXANGONAL IN SHAPE WITH ORIGINAL GLASS.  LATER CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC. BEAUTIFULLY PRESSED AND PIERCED METALWORK, WITH BARLEY TWIST COLUMNS. WE BELIEVE THE VELVET CLAD POLES AND CARVED GILT WOOD BASES TO BE EARLIER IN DATE. AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE LAST PICTURE THE BASES HAVE A REMOVABLE WEDGE FOR ANGLING INTO A ROOM/ WALKWAY.

SOME LOSSES TO THE FLORAL APPLIED LEAVES, SOME STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS WERE THE LAMPS JOIN THE POLES, THIS IS DUE THE WEIGHT AND MATERIALS USED. THIS MAKES THESE RARE TO HAVE EVEN SURVIVED, MAKING THESE MORE SUITABLE FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES. COULD BE RE-WIRED OR RESTORED BACK THE HOUSING CANDLES.