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18th C. Adjustable Table Top
Candle Lamp
Rare 18th C. adjustable brass candle lamp with weighted base. These were portable work lights designed to provide local illumination for tasks like writing and needlework. Dovetailed shade, square post, candle arm and turned and solid-weighted base are all brass—highly unusual. Both candle arm and shade are movable to control the spread of light and adjust for the decreasing height of the candle as it burned. This is the Rolls Royce of the form. English. Ca. 1780-1800. 21” H.
$1,450
