Price
£3500.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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An America gilt bronze lantern, mid-19th century.
Probably by Henry Northey Hooper & Co.
Of square tapering form, cast and chased with rocaille ornament, on chain suspensions.
The lantern excluding chain drop -- 20in. (51 cm) high; 17in. (43.2 cm) wide.
Henry Northey Hooper (1799 – 1865) was a preeminent 19th-century American manufacturer and merchant of decorative lighting, Civil War artillery, and bells and chimes. He was a Boston politician and foundry owner and in his firm he cast the first life-size bronze statue in the United States.
Dimensions
The lantern excluding chain drop -- 20in. (51 cm) high; 17in. (43.2 cm) wideCondition report
Condition: The gilding tarnished and worn in areas consistent with exposure to the elements. The chain suspensions and corona later associated. Currently without electric light fitment, or its original light source.The BADA Standard
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