A pair of brass arts and crafts lanterns of cylindrical form, each with a good quality original vaseline-glass insert by the famous glass factory of Henry G. Richarsdon. The design in their their well documented horse-chestnut leaf pattern. England c.1900

N.B: We believe the lanterns to be early c.21st handcrafted frames but of high quality and with good decorative appeal

Ht.(incl.chain) 89cm/35in reducible, Ht.(Lantern) 42/16.5, W.13/5

Stourbridge Glass, Birmingham

Thomas Webb & Sons, Henry G. Richardson & Sons,  Stevens & Williams, John Walsh Walsh

• The industry was established at the beginning of the 17th century by glass-makers from Lorraine in north-eastern France

• The industry grew and evolved for the next 275 years and glass from Wordsley, Amblecote and Brierley Hill is recognised as amongst the finest in the world

• Birmingham Lighting designers such as Best & Lloyd, Faraday & Sons, Osler & Co, James Hinks & Son and Messenger & Sons employ the Stourbridge factories to produce the glass-ware for their lights.

• Mostly it is impossible to say which firm produced a particular lampshade but some patterns were registered/catalogued and can therefore occasionally be attributed.