HENRY HOOPER CAST-BRASS FIVE-LIGHT GIRANDOLE

HENRY HOOPER CAST-BRASS FIVE-LIGHT GIRANDOLE, girandole with two stationary arms above two removable swivel arms having ornate grapevine ornamentation, support shaft decorated with female and male masks, raised on an urn-form base and rectangular plinth with original cast-iron weight, original bobeches present. Henry N. Hooper & Co., Boston, MA. Circa 1850. 24 3/4" HOA, 19 1/2" WOA, 4" x 6" base.
Outstanding original condition with untouched patina and no damage.
Literature: See Gowitt - 19th Century Elegant Lighting, p. 37 for a reprint of the 1850 Hooper catalogue page illustrating this girandole.
Provenance: Items from the Baliserio Montero estate, Argentine Ambassador to Belgium in the 1880's.
Condition Report: Outstanding original condition with untouched patina and no damage.