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Lot 409

Two rare Coalport Exhibition oil lamps, circa 1893

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,062.50 inc. premium

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Two rare Coalport Exhibition oil lamps, circa 1893

One made for the 1893 Chicago Exhibition, both richly decorated with large agate panels set within raised gold borders with smaller brightly coloured jewels, reserved on cream-coloured grounds, the gilt metal fittings with glass chimneys and shades, 30cm high including shades, printed green marks, patterns V3123 and V3425 in gold, one also with 'CHICAGO EXHIBITION 1893' in gold (both with fine crazing) (6)

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Provenance:
The C.R.Pilkington Collection, exhibited at the Coalport China Works Museum.

Illustrated by Michael Messenger, Coalport (1995), pl.288, p.334. Jewelled porcelain made an important contribution to Coalport's display at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

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