Lot 124
W.A.S. BENSON (1854-1924)
BRASS AND COPPER TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1890
Auction: 3 April 2019 at 12:00 BST
£550
Description
converted to electricity from an oil lamp, with hemispherical reservoir above reeded column on a domed base
Dimensions
34cm high (excluding fittings), 63cm high (with shade)
Footnote
Literature: Hamerton, Ian (ed.) 'W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design', China, 2005, Appendix 1A, p. 248, pl. 3 where the design for this lamp is illustrated (no. 72)