The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Three Table Lamps, circa 1900 and later
Auction Closed
March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Three Table Lamps
circa 1900 and later
comprising; an Edwardian silvered-metal adjustable desk lamp, a blue-glazed pottery table lamp, the base impressed 'Upchurch' and a red-glazed ceramic baluster-form table lamp (3)
heights: silver-metal example, 60cm., pottery example, 39cm., red example 38cm.
The silvered metal neo-classical example was probably acquired for Mersham le Hatch at the start of the 20th century. The blue glazed example is by Kentish potters, Upchurch, establised by the Wakely brothers in 1909. Their production involved local clay sourced from Springbank Farm in Upchurch. The red porcelain example was supplied by Lady Mountbatten's brother-in-law, David Hicks (1929–1998), for the Drawing Room at Newhouse.
Inventory, 1926, p. 32, the adjustable example in the library.