ANTIQUE SILVER LAMPS
Derived from the Greek word lampas, meaning torch, lamps have been used since around 70,000 BC, when a shell or hollow rock was filled with moss soaked in animal fat and ignited. Nowadays we tend to refer to lamps as any light giving source that is not used with candles (although student lamps and travelling lamps do use candles, and are included here), and instead use gas or electricity to provide light. Antique silver examples are rare and quite desirable.
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j0272 : Sterling Silver Electric Floor Lamp
Hallmarked In 1899
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1899 by Hawksworth Eyres & Co., this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Lamp, is very plain in style, featuring reed borders, two fixtures for bulbs, and an adjustable lamp shade holder. The lamp measures 31.5"(80cm) tall, by 9"(23cm) wide. The lamp shade holder is silver-plated.
£2,695
j1325 : Sterling Silver Travelling Or Carriage Lamp
Hallmarked In 1895
Hallmarked in London in 1895 by Thomas Wheeler, this very handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Travelling Lamp, is in the Industrialist style, and features an integral vesta case and strike. The travelling lamp is designed to be used both hanging from the hooks at the back, or while standing on the retractable stand. The carriage lamp measures 8.25"(21cm) tall when open and 6.25"(16cm) when closed, by 2.5"(6.5cm) wide, by 2"(5cm) deep.
£2,975