A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III CUT GLASS AND ORMOLU WALL LIGHTS ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER

A very rare set of four early 19th century Adam period cut glass and ormolu wall lights attributed to William Parker, each having a central facetted spine with pineapple finials and canopy below and two scroll arms with candle nozzle and ‘Van Dyck’ drip pans issuing from a central backplate, and cut glass dish and strawberry cut pendant and finial, all hung with cut glass drops and swags of various sizes.

English, circa 1800

Height: 25 ¼ in; 64 cm
Width: 19 in; 48 cm
Depth: 6 ½ in; 16.5 cm

Provenance:
Mallett, London;
Private Collection, USA.

Literature:
Martin Mortimer, ‘The English Glass Chandelier’, Woodbridge, 2000, p.40.