Matthew Thomas
Senior Specialist
Lot 136W
A magnificent pair of cut and overlaid ruby glass Chandeliers for the Indian Market Bohemia, circa 1900(2)
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£70,000 - £90,000
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A magnificent pair of cut and overlaid ruby glass Chandeliers for the Indian Market
Bohemia, circa 1900
Bohemia, circa 1900
comprising twenty four lights arranged in two tiers, each shade decorated in gilt with Mughal style foliate motifs, the drip trays with pendant glass shards, the central shaft with spherical and ovoid sections with cut quatrefoil motifs, with bead strings running between elements
each 275 cm. high(2)
each 275 cm. high(2)
Footnotes
Glass lights of this type embellished with Mughal-style decorative motifs were commissioned from European glass factories for many palaces of the princely states of India in the late 19th and early 20th century. For a pair of chandeliers of the same type see Sotheby's, The Indian Sale, London, 23rd May 2006, lot 62.