HARRY POWELL (1853-1922) (ATTRIBUTED) FOR JAMES POWELL & SONS, WHITEFRIARS SIX-BRANCH ELECTRIC CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900

wrought iron, opalescent glass

53.5cm (23in) wide, 112cm (44in) high (approx.)

Literature:

The Fine Art Society, London The John Scott Collection Volume 4 James Powell & Sons. Whitefriars Glass 1860-1960, pp. 62-63, no. 84 (illustrated).

Note:

From around 1875 a Mr Edminstone, along with an assistant called Edmund Francis, were employed to make wrought iron lighting fixtures, stands for vases etc., as well as to maintain the equipment in the factory. It is likely that they made the metal elements of the current lot.