Description
the corona suspending metal chain sections and pierced spheres, above a foliate banded ring formed with a series of turrets, candle arms and coats of arms, electrified, the chains stamped SG, possibly for the metalworkers J. Starkie Gardner Ltd
Dimensions
87cm diam, 130cm high approx
Footnote
Provenance: Lingholm House, Cumbria
Note: Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905), best-known for his design for Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London, designed Lingholm, on the banks of Derwentwater, in 1871-1875 for the brewer Colonel Greenall. It was one of two houses that were rented by Beatrix Potter and her family between 1885 and 1907, and where the young Beatrix Potter gained inspiration for some of her stories including ‘The Tales of Peter Rabbit’ and ‘The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.’