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Rare Birmingham Guild of Handicraft lamp

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Code: 10288



A highly important and extremely scarce original Birmingham Guild of Handicraft patinated brass table lamp, c1893;
designed by Arthur Stansfield Dixon (1856-1929). h: 20"
Beautifully & simply designed; with four curved stems that support a dished conical shade, which in turn are riveted through balls onto a scalloped base. An example of this lamp is held at the V&A Museum in London; originally a wedding gift in 1895 from
Arthur Dixon to his fellow Arts & Crafts architect-designer, Charles Robert Ashbee.
Only three other known, complete & original, examples in the public domain.
Further ref: By Hammer & Hand: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Birmimgham; Alan  Crawford (1984)