A Regency Colza Hangling Light

The quatrefoil structure adorned with Bacchanalian masks, profuse foliation and scrolling, and supporting four opaque glass shades. the original reservoir, that once contained the eponymous 'colza' oil, in the form of an urn, richly decorated with grotesqueries and four 'Green Man' masks.

In the manner of Messenger & Sons., who traded from 1826-27 as 'Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Tripods and Lamps, of every description in bronze and ormolu' (E. Moncrieff, 'Argand Lamps', Antique Collector, February 1990, p. 47). The firm established a thriving metal foundry in Birmingham, further opening a branch in London in 1826 (C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 1998, p. 606, cat. no. 733).

Included in the imagery is a trade card, taken from the Heal Collection (Heal,66.45) advertising "Messenger and Sons, Manufacturer of Chandeliers, Tripods and Lamps of Every Description in Bronze, and Or-Molu [sic]. Birmingham and London."

Provenance: Barton Hall.

Ref: 5993

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