An Unusual Early Victorian & Later Scratch Built Lighting Device

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An Unusual Early Victorian & Later Scratch Built Lighting DeviceOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Victorian & LaterProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1830 & Contemporary(?)Height: 24Depth: 12Width: 12The unusual scratch built lighting device, made with early Victorian parts and a later cast iron stand on quad legs, possibly as a physics experiment apparatus around the laws of reflection, having a brass candle nozzle flanked by a period mirror and a thick convex lens to reflect and concentrate candlelight. The condition of the

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Russell in London

were popular in mid-19th Century homes

owned a ‘picture ware-room’ on Capel Street

It is likely he was employed as an operator or manager in the town before he took over Malby's photography business in Chichester in 1894

one was saved – a young cub who miraculously survived the terrible plane crash

The lions are mostly presented in pairs

horn and bronze

originally applied to the backs of pictures with a brush

along with hornbooks

and some minor chips

It has a wonderful dry and arid texture that only comes with considerable age