Lot 293
ENGLISH
GOTHIC REVIVAL ELECTROLIER, CIRCA 1890
Auction: Day One inc Contents from a London Apartment | Lots 197 to 333 | Wednesday 15th October
Description
overpainted and gilded wrought iron, frosted glass shades
Dimensions
86cm high, 75cm diameter
Provenance
Mount Zion Church, Quarriers Village, Renfrewshire
Footnote
Quarriers Village was founded as the 'Orphan Homes of Scotland' in 1876 by Glasgow shoemaker and philanthropist William Quarrier. Quarrier had a vision of a community allowing the young people in his care to thrive, set in a countryside environment and housed in a number of grand residences under a house-mother and father. This vision was realised by a number of donations from Quarrier and his friends, who had a free hand in choosing the style that their cottage was built in. As a result, the village is an unusual mix of Gothic, French, Old English, Scottish Baronial and Italian. Despite this virtually all of the buildings were the responsibility of one architect, Robert Bryden of Clarke & Bell in Glasgow, who worked free of charge on Quarrier's projects over a course of some twenty-eight years.
A charity under the name of Quarriers continues the work of the former homes and is based within the village, although over time the homes and associated buildings have been converted into private housing, and some expansion has taken place with new residential development. Quarriers is a registered charity and still functions to help disadvantaged young people, carers and adults with disabilities in the United Kingdom and beyond.