archer-and-warner-gilt-bronze-and-brass-grapevine-gasolier
Lot 174
Archer and Warner, Gilt Bronze and Brass Grapevine Gasolier
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Philadelphia, 1850, six-light form now fitted for electricity, sinuous ornate grapevine gilt bronze mounts and garland swag canopies around a turned brass center, each arm terminating in a frosted glass globe and glass chimney, raised company mark to ceiling cap, mounts marked to verso with patent date of February 1850.

52.75 x 40 in. diameter

From the Collection of David M. Moore II, Greensboro, North Carolina

Per consignor, acquired from the family of Dr. Samuel FitzSimons Ravenel (1898-1976) of Charleston, SC and Greensboro, North Carolina.

Some scattered spotting to brass; some mounts loose, a few small areas of loss or separations to bronze mounts; some mis-shaping and tilt to sconces; later shades, bobeche mounts and hurricanes.

$2,000 - 4,000