Large French alabaster urn shape lamp with swan handles circa 1900. Fine hand carved detail. Striking and unusual mottled beige and celadon color. Measures 10" wide, 29.5" high overall and 17.75" high to rim of urn.
Fine exact reproduction of a primitive, colonial, non-electrified chandelier hand crafted by Richard D. Scofield of Period Lighting Fixtures in the 1980s. (Its original counterpart hung in the Hathaway House in Suffield, CT.) Measures 28” W X 17.25” H with 8 arms. It is #C109-8 in the original Period Lighting Fixtures catalog. Richard Scofield made the finest exact copies of period American lighting in the country and was allowed by Historic Deerfield to make copies of its collection. This chandelier features hand-turned painted wood with aged tin arms. After he died at an early age, the company continued under different ownership but finally closed. The earlier works like this one are coveted by collectors of period Americana. In the original catalog from Period Lighting Fixtures it is item C109-8)
Antique pair of unusually tall English solid brass spiral twist candlesticks on turned bases, circa 1880. Very fine turning detail. Height 18.5", base width 6.5". See "The Brass Book" by Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer page 172 exhibit c for a simliar example
Vintage colonial 7 arm chandelier hand made by Richard D. Scofield of Period Lighting Fixtures, Chester, CT circa 1985. Hand-turned painted wood with aged tin arms and hand dipped candle covers. Measures 14.5 inches high x 27 inches wide. Excellent working condition. Richard Scofield made the finest exact copies of period American lighting in the country and was allowed by Historic Deerfield to make copies of its collection. The candles are made from real bees' wax. After he died at an early age, the company continued under different ownership but finally closed. The earlier works like this one are coveted by collectors of period Americana. See this exact fixture on page 4 of the original Period Lighting Fixtures catalogue.
Early Dutch or English rose brass candlestick circa 1690-1710. Lathe turned in 2 parts, complete with socket hole to remove candle wax, set on a platform tray base. Size: 6" high x 4.25" square at the base. Excellent patina. Please see "The Brass Book / American, English and European Fifteenth Century through 1850" by Peter, Nancy and Herbert Schiffer, published 1978 by Schiffer Publishing, page 181, for similar examples.