An Early 20thC Pair of Spelter & Prism Glass Hanging Putti Pendants c.1900-10

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An Early 20thC Pair of Spelter & Prism Glass Hanging Putti Pendants c.1900-10Origin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 1910 Height: 17 (with ceiling rose) Putti Length: 8 Prism Fixture Diameter: 4 (all each) The very pretty pair of spelter and prism glass hanging light fittings, each light comprising of a recumbent winged putti suspended from a fluted domed ceiling rose, the left hand holding a pendant light fixture decorated with prism cut glass drops and surviving from Edwardian period England. The

John Mason

Comfortably louche with the lines of a goddess

was once home to Sir William Carter Hoffmeister (1857-1944)

depicting the head of a man emerging from a wooden barrel

The well-carved x-framed stool with turned stretcher with a naturally distressed black painted carcass having gilded highlights

the proportions as a whole are splendid and the sculptor was clearly exceptionally talented

glass eyes were being replaced by plastic counterparts

1760-80Width: 67”Height: 21”The very finely drawn classical painted frieze on silk

mainly prominent to one area

The paint has wear commensurate with age and is found most worn in the right areas

The reverse shows most of the original paper backing

or even to celebrate the Olympics