Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Design 17/20: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Property from an Important English Private Collection
A George IV patinated bronze colza oil lamp, circa 1825, attributed to James DeVille, London
Lot Closed
November 9, 02:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important English Private Collection
A George IV patinated bronze colza oil lamp, circa 1825, attributed to James DeVille, London
in classical form, the double serpent handle and compressed circular body with applied casts of classical masks on a circular plinth with lion paw feet, formerly fitted with a reservoir and with a replaced central lid
21.5cm. high, 36cm. wide; 8 ½in., 1ft. 2in.
The design of the present lot relates to very similar examples, loosely based on antique models, which feature the label of James DeVille.
De Ville (1777-1846), or Deville, aside from being a lamp manufacturer, produced plaster casts and was a publisher of marked-up phrenological busts as well as being an owner of a museum of phrenological casts.
The National Portrait Gallery include the following in their online entry on DeVille, 'He was listed as a lamp and lustre manufacturer in Robson’s 1819 directory and as ‘Bronze and metal manufacturer, light-house & signal-light manufacturer, oil and gas apparatus manufacturer’ in the Post Office 1822 directory and subsequently.
Deville was appointed bronzist to William IV in 1830 (National Archives, LC 3/69 p.162). He completed some of the external and internal metalwork at Buckingham Palace left unfinished when Samuel Parker (qv) was declared bankrupt in 1832'.