Early 19th with tags for Johnston Brookes & Co., London. The double arm lamps with crystal bases and tanks, bronze shafts: bronze mounts and two tiers of prisms. Glass shades.
Chip to base; modification for electrification
NOTE: Johnston Brookes & Company was one of the most important manufacturers of lighting of different forms during the Neo-classical period. They first appeared in the London City Directory for the year 1814 as Johnston, Brookes, & Company, “brass founders,” at 32 New Street, Shoe Lane. The same listing appeared in 1820. In 1824 the name was given as Johnston, Brooks & Co. at 32 New Street, Fetter Lane. Apparently Johnston and Brookes split by 1835, for in that year Jonathan Johnston was listed as a “brass founder” at 19 Cursitor Street, and William Brookes and Company was listed as a “brass founder, lamp manufacturer and gas fitter,” still at 32 New Street, Fetter Lane.
22"H x 15"W
Note: A virtually identical set of lamps is on display at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, GA
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