A brass Edwardian three-branch hanging lamp signed F& S for Faraday and Son, each arm with a satin and cranberry glass lampshade. England c1910

Ht. 56cm/22 W. 60/24

Faraday & Son, London

• Robert Faraday was the brother of  Michael Faraday the well known pioneer scientist of electromagnetics.

•  Robert ran a gasfitter’s and lighting company in Wardour Street from as early as 1823

• After his father’s death his son James took over followed by his grandson Harold in 1875 when the company became known as Messrs. Faraday & Sons

• The firm’s entries for the Electric Light Fittings Exhibition in Edinburgh received a favourable review in The Art Journal of August 1890

•  In 1919, another company, specialising in chandeliers and Faraday’s merged to become Osler and Faraday Ltd, working from Wardour Street until 1925.