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Lighting — Philips Auctions Australia

$19,200
A magnificent Victorian sterling silver seven light candelabrum…
$8,400
A spectacular pair of crystal chandeliers. 20th century, the…
$7,980
A late Georgian style cut and moulded glass eight branch…
$6,600
A fine pair of Italian sterling silver candelabra, mid to later…
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Philips Auctions Australia
Number of lots recorded:96
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Lighting
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*** A pair of vintage cobalt flash glass candlesticks, 20th century, the pair with blue sconces and flared dishes with lens and diamond point, borders above clear waisted faceted stems and starburst spreading bases, unmarked, height 24.5 cm ***
*** A Louis XV style gilt bronze chandelier with opalescent shades, 19th century, the converted gasolier light with a cast ceiling cap and slender stem issuing, curvaceous rococo arms with the original gas taps and leafy motifs supporting, fluted bell shaped… ***
*** A pair of Louis XV-style ormolu candelabra, each of two lights on curving arms on a spreading foot, foliate cast throughout, height 15.5 cm ***
*** A pair of Israeli silver candlesticks, the pair of candlesticks marked St 925 with a tapering stem, embossed and chased to the body with a floral and leaf design, similarly embellished to the circular spreading bases. Weight 306g, height 27.5 cm ***
*** A Victorian ruby glass kerosene banquet lamp, c1870 with a pyramid form engraved brass and gunmetal base, applied mascarons to each corner, a fluted swirling stem leading to a ruby glass oil font below a bulbous glass shade etched with thistle, rose and… ***
*** A small Art Deco glass desk lamp by Hettier & Vincent, circa 1920s-30s, the moulded bell shaped shade with floral motifs and a lappet style border, raised upon a domed square section base with alternating smooth and hammered radiating ribs; moulded name… ***
*** An unusual Victorian cranberry glass crocodile oil lamp, 19th century, probably Stourbridge made, Veritas lamp works, the large slightly tapering lamp base with an optic rib motif and having a collar of trailing icicles with applied vertical patterned… ***
*** A vintage brass French hall lantern, circa 1930s, a cylindrical glass housed within a brass frame and having 'S' scroll supports, the central rod fitted with with three electric candles, European wired, length 55 cm, diameter 25 cm ***
*** A pair of French ceramic fuel lamps, late 19th century With 'Kosmos Brenner' mechanisms, the high shouldered bases enamel painted with blossoming trees on a celadon tone ground, with circular brass stepped bases and capitals with beaded borders, and clear… ***
*** An Art Deco wrought iron and frosted glass table lamp, circa 1930s the frosted and moulded conical glass shade with stylised rose heads on ribbed ground, suspended from a wrought iron arched stand formed by textured splats with scrolling ends, to an oval… ***
*** A pair of cast Louis XV style four light ormolu candelabra, late 19th century, the rocaille stems decorated with leaves and berries upon pierced scallop shell bases, four leafy upturned arms supporting dishes and leafy sconces, height 43 cm ***
*** A mixed group of thirteen vintage Oriental ivory items, republic period to PPRC, a bell flower necklace, a carved bangle, brooch, buckle, four fish buttons, a floral button, a tiny Buddha and a bookmark, a tiny lantern ornament, and a silver mounted… ***
*** A sterling silver three light candelabrum, 1957 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Viner's Ltd, of shaped square form with ornate vegetal borders, the knopped stem issuing, twin scrolling thread edged arms supporting campagna sconces with removable, dishes,… ***
*** An Art Deco moulded glass and iron lamp, circa 1920s, with an apricot pink moulded bullet style shade supported on a rustic cast iron birdcage stem base with applied ball decorations to a circular base, height 39 cm ***
*** A Louis XVI style bronze chandelier, mid 20th century, the Louis XVI style chandelier, probably Italian, with central urn issuing five scrolling cast arms with octagonal cornucopia dishes and beaded sconces supporting electric candle lights, with European… ***
*** A French brass and tole ware Bouillote lamp, mid 20th century with a typical adjustable dark green painted tole shade and three scrolled electric candle holders issuing from a knopped central stem on a circular brass base with a beaded borders, rewired to… ***
*** A German .800 silver candelabrum, maker's mark of Beck Johann, Schwabisch Gmund, circa 1920s set with central branch flanked by a pair of cornucopia arms, one arm as found, raised on a fluted and domed oval weighted base, marked to the base. Total weight… ***
*** A Victorian banquet lamp, later 19th century, now converted to electricity, the lamp with a moulded and waisted ceramic base with a conical stem to a clear glass kerosene font with an internal vertical decor, with the original, brass fittings, chimney and… ***
*** A pair of antique ormolu and Sevres porcelain candlesticks, 19th century, in the Louis XVI style with neoclassical urn form nozzles with stiff leaf motifs, a fringed leafy collar to elegant tear drop floral painted porcelain stems, the spreading base with… ***
*** A three light bronze chandelier with glass shades by Degue, early 20th century, with a leaf form ceiling cup, a short stem issuing upswept arms supporting white and mottled pink frosted shades with petal form rims, signed, length 26 cm, diameter 70 cm ***
*** An Anglo-Indian Hundi hanging lantern, 20th century, of traditional bell shape diamond cut to the body, with a patterned brass mount, hanging chains and glass dish, with extension components for the stem, length 85 cm, diameter 37 cm additional 54 cm,… ***
*** An Art Deco glass and iron work chandelier by Noverdy, circa 1920, the chandelier with three pairs of rods with leaf designs to an iron framed bowl issuing three scrolling arms and supporting flower bell shaped shades with calyx style mounts, in vibrant… ***
*** A pair of sterling silver candlesticks, William Devenport, Birmingham. 1897/8, corinthian column style, fluted columns with acanthus leaf highlights to base, terminating in an ornate floral foot, total wt (inc filling) 328gr. Height 12 cm ***
*** An Empire style brass six light chandelier, mid 20th century in brass and blackened brass featuring a finialed ceiling cup, three chains to a dish with applied gilt stiff leaf decoration, and issuing cast swan arms supporting electric candles. Length 75… ***
*** A pair of Empire style gilt bronze candlesticks, circa 1900, the pair with slightly tapering square columns with Atlante capitals and raised on octagonal stepped bases with rais-de-coeur trim border and supporting relief carved onyx sconces with foliage.… ***
*** A Continental porcelain potpourri Crown vase and Moore Bros cherub vase, late 19th century, the potpourri crown vase with three-cornered base above three stepped feet supporting an egg-shaped vase decorated with hunting scene, with gilt handles, floral… ***
*** An Art Deco iron lamp with a moulded shade, circa 1920s, later shade marked Vianne (France), with a frosted and moulded bullet style shade supported on a rustic cast iron, birdcage stem base with applied ball decorations to a circular base, height 39 cm ***
*** An Empire style four branch candelabrum, later 19th century, with European electrical fittings, in gilded and blackened brass, the four-branch candelabrum with scrolling arms and fittings for electric candles, a fluted tapering stem with a decorative… ***
*** A pair of small sterling silver candlesticks, 1903 Birmingham, with marks for Williams Ltd, the weighted sticks with columnar stems to spreading domed bases and low cup form nozzles with distinctive winged lion and ebony handles. Total weight 250gr.… ***
*** A pair of late Victorian sterling silver candlesticks, London, later 19th century, with maker's marks for probably Thomas Bradbury & Sons, the weighted sticks of Corinthian column form with spiral columns supported on spreading fluted and ribbed square… ***
*** A pair of Waterford 'Chatham' candlesticks, thistle shaped sticks with everted slice cut necks, knops and hexagonal, pedestal bases, starbursts underside and stencil marks, in original box, height 13 cm ***
*** A decorative French brass hall lantern, 20th century, cylindrical with a chain and ornamented cup, scrolling supports, cast, embellishments to the frame and the stem with three electric candles, length 48 cm, diameter 23 cm ***
*** A good bronze table lamp in the Louis XVI manner, 19th century, French, the elegant lamp with a fluted and knopped stem issuing three upturned foliate embellished arms to leaf form dishes and nozzles holding electric candles and supported on a stepped… ***
*** A French Empire style bronze chandelier, circa 1930s, the chandelier having a three arm scrolled cage above a spiral cast dish issuing six 'S' form foliate scrolled arms supporting floral dish pans and leaf form urns with electric candle lights, length 78… ***
*** A bronze hall lantern, circa 1930s, of typical cylindrical form, the bronze frame with neoclassical, embellishments and double scroll supports to chain and a decorative cup, length 48 cm, diameter: 21 cm ***
*** A pair of bronze and onyx candelabra, 19th century, in the Louis XV manner with a central knopped stem embellished with lions' heads and supporting five upward sweeping scrolled arms with bronze pans and dishes, upon a circular onyx socle and squared base… ***
*** A pair of Louis XV-style ormolu wall lights, each with two lights on scrolling arms, foliate-cast throughout. Height 36 cm. Depth 12.5 cm ***
*** A pair of Art Deco Anodized copper, marble, and crystal candelabra, each of two cup-shaped lights on a black marble slab raised on a pair of crystal spheres and a lower marble slap on spherical copper feet. Height 13.5 cm. Width 19.5 cm. Depth 7 cm ***
*** A pair of silver plated candelabra and a pair of candlesticks, the Barker Ellis neoclassical style candelabra with a gadrooned base, a knopped and gadrooned stem supporting two reeded and sweeping arms with similarly embellished plates and nozzles; the… ***
*** A pair of late Victorian silver-plate candlesticks, Martin Hall & Co. Ltd, Sheffield, late 19th century, each in the form of a Corinthian column on a pedestal foot decorated with ram's heads, laurel swags, and acanthus borders, the pans removable. Height… ***
*** A metal standard lamp, the upturned white bowl with three birds in flight supported by four metal stems on a triangular base, of contemporary manufacture by Maitland-Smith. Height 175.5 cm ***
*** A Regency style crystal and gilt chandelier, mid 20th century, having central rod hung with a tapering cascade of beaded swags, to a circular Crown and graduating concentric rings hung with a tiered waterfall of slender prisms. Length 84 cm ***
*** A modern glass and chrome table lamp, a clear glass bi-disk lamp base edged in chrome to a rectangular chrome base, with an ecru rectangular shade, height 59 cm ***
*** A pair of French silver plate candelabra, late 19th/early 20th century, in the Neo-Classical manner, each with a raised central light flanked by two further lights on scrolling arms, on a slender reeded stem with a foliate base raised on three animal leg… ***
*** A pair of neoclassical sterling silver candlesticks, 1957 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Henry Clifford Davis, elegant weighted candlesticks with integral sconces to carinate shaped urn form stems above spreading bases, hallmarked to foot rim, total… ***
*** An Art Deco enamelled glass plafonnier light by Loys Lucha, circa 1925, Paris and Nancy, the hexagonal glass shade enamelled with flora and patterns, with four, chromed square section suspension rods and a floral ceiling cup, signed to, the edge of shade,… ***
*** A French brass hall lantern, mid 20th century, the traditional brass and glass hall lantern, with neoclassical embellishments and pine cone finials, the central stem fitted with three electric candles, surmounted with scrolled supports, chain and cup… ***
*** A French brass hall lantern, 20th century Hexagonal with framed bevelled glass panes (two missing), with double scroll supports to a single stem and supporting two electric candles, height 80 cm, diameter 30 cm ***
*** An antique American fuel lamp, 19th century, marked made in U.S of America to winder, with a pierced rocaille base, a compressed and waisted font and a mushroom, shade, both in a painted mint green finish with transferware floral, decorations, with a… ***
*** An Edwardian banquet lamp, early 20th century, the lamp with a knopped brass stem raised on a broad stepped base supporting a waisted apple green milk glass reservoir painted with a continuous floral design, the original brass fittings holding a chimney… ***
*** A pair of gilt bronze wall sconces in the Louis XVI manner, 19th century, the now electrified pair of sconces with spiral twist embellished arms and nozzles holding electric candles supported on cast fabric style ribbon tied supports with tassels, length… ***
*** A pair of Gothic revival cast bronze pricket sticks, 19th century, pierced and moulded sticks with tripod bases, having broad trumpets with spikes, patterned and foliate knops to the stems studded with applied ornaments, the bases with scroll, knot and… ***
*** A gilded spelter figural lamp, 'Les iris' by Ruchot, circa 1900, with later gilding, maker's cartouche to base, an Art Nouveau style female figure in draping attire flanked by her floral attributes upon a naturalistic rocky base and a turned plinth,… ***
*** A pair of bronze candlesticks, 19th century, French, the pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze ormolu double branch candlesticks decorated with cast and chased foliate scrolls, height 22 cm, width 24 cm ***
*** A Satsuma banquet lamp, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)., the vase featuring figural narrative scenes with gilt enrichments set within a cast base and metal mounts, with chimney, and a frosted and patterned glass shade, with electrical… ***
*** A pair of bronze candlesticks, late 19th century a pair of gilt bronze figural stork, snake and tortoise candlesticks, the twisted snake in the stork's beak holding the candle holder. Height 29.5 cm ***
*** A pair of opalescent glass candle holders, Barolac, Czechoslovakia, circa 1935, the pair of glass dome candle holders, finely moulded with continuous decoration of large and small butterflies, etched mark to bases, height 5.5 cm diameter: 10 cm ***
*** A pair of antique brass candlesticks, 19th century, the faceted sticks with sconces, knopped and tapering stems to stepped domed octagonal bases with a serpentine rims, height 24.5 cm ***
*** A pair of vintage brass, wirework and glass candelabra, early to mid 20th century, with electrical fittings, the two arm candelabra supporting electric candles and distressed silk, shades, and hung with glass prisms and tear drops from wire stems, height… ***
*** A pair of sterling silver candlesticks, plus one other, 1910 Birmingham, with maker's marks for S. Blankensee & Sons Ltd (pair), and 1912 Birmingham, with maker's mark for probably William Hutton & Son Ltd, each with an elegant tapering stem to a stepped… ***
*** A pair of French Empire-style gilt metal wall lights, 20th century, each with two lights on scrolling arms and a base decorated with vertically-opposed anthemia. Height 23 cm. (excluding lamp-holder) Depth 8.5 cm ***
*** Three fuel lamps, two shades, and a brass chamberstick, 19th to 20th century, six items including a cobalt blue glass fuel lamp, an iridescent glass lamp, base with chimney, and a painted ruby glass lamp base with a frosted shade, two shades in blue and… ***
*** An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic globular font decorated with floral, bird and insect, transferware designs, raised on a circular metal base, with original mounts, and fittings, glass chimney and a pink domed glass shade,… ***
*** An antique French fuel lamp, early 20th century, with a ceramic globular font decorated with floral, bird and insect, transferware designs, raised on a circular metal base, with original mounts, and fittings, glass chimney and a mint green ribbed and… ***
*** A pair of French neoclassical ormolu candlesticks, 19th century, well cast with stiff leaf decorated nozzles and tapering reeded columns with fold over petal capitals and stiff leaf bases, upon a triangular leafy platform with lion's paw feet to a… ***
*** An antique fuel lamp with an Imari base, 19th century, the Meiji era baluster base with shaped panes of vegetal motifs between stiff leaf and patterned borders, raised on a cast brass foot of neoclassical design, with burner mechanism to the neck, and… ***
*** A pair of French ceramic fuel lamps, late 19th century, the cream ceramic bases with spiral ribbed design transfer decorated with flora, on square pierced brass bases with four lion mask feet, with mechanisms and clear glass chimneys. Height 57.5 cm ***
*** A pair of bronze candlesticks, late 19th century in the rococo style with ornate curves and scrolls, and decorated with branches and berries, each with tricorn twisted stem supporting a leafy sconce and cup. Height 23.5 cm ***
*** Three small French hall lanterns, mid-20th century, the three hall lanterns of cylindrical form, with brass frames, glass surround, central rod fitted with two electric candle globes, each with different styles of supports, length 36 cm, diameter 15 cm… ***
*** A pair of French marble and brass five branch candelabra, late 19th century each with a fluted cylindrical salmon toned marble stem raised on a stepped square marble base with toupie feet, with four scrolled leafy arms and a central branch supporting… ***
*** A Victorian porcelain and spelter kerosene lamp, later 19th century, with maker's mark for John Scott, England, the lamp with a bulbous waisted font decorated with floral bouquets to roundels and moulded foliate lug handles held within foliate spelter… ***
*** A pair of French alabaster wall sconces, circa 1930, demi-lune sconces in creamy colours housed in formal gilt bronze framework with lotus inspired capitals and rosette borders, with hanging chains, length 24 cm, width 32 cm, depth 16 cm ***
*** A Victorian Art Nouveau kerosene banquet lamp, late 19th century, the glass, brass and white metal lamp having a floral patterned frosted shade enclosing a chimney, a moulded pale blue milk glass font with flowers, buds and fruits above a brass stem and a… ***
*** A modern brass and alabaster lamp, with a mushroom style white alabaster shade upon a brass stem with an applied, leaf motif and twin tapering spiral supports to a composite stone base, height 57 cm, diameter 36 cm ***
*** A stylish pair of mid century three light wall sconces, 1950s-60s, unmarked, a sunburst arrangement with silver orbs and fine white glass trumpets with a pulled decor, gilt triangular motifs to rims and held in gilt calyxes, with, gold navette wall mounts… ***
*** A pair of French rococo Influenced cast ormolu candlesticks, 19th century, the pair with floriform tulip shaped nozzles with scroll decorated removable pans, waisted stems with scrolling vegetal forms and anthemion motifs, similarly decorated to the… ***
*** A pair of Napoleon III cast ormolu and marble candlesticks, late 19th century, the cast sticks with ornate urn sconces and floriform dishes above similar capitals, tapering black marble stems to pierced and cast triform bases, height 26.5 ***
*** A pair of Empire style gilt bronze and alabaster candelabra, late 19th century, of elegant form, the slender central stem with an urn and snuff issuing two sinuous arms with berries, leaf and scrolls supporting garland draped urns, further decorated with… ***
*** A fine pair of ormolu candlesticks, 19th century, the small heavy sticks with rocaille cast bases and Renaissance inspired stems with unusual grotesque capitals comprising three goat horned male figures, their long beards spiralling around the stem, and… ***
*** A pair of Louis XVI style ormolu five light candelabra, 19th century, the central stem of knopped form issuing four elegant acanthus and rope twist scrolled arms with applied leafy borders and nozzles, with an urn and plinth lower section supported by… ***
*** A near pair of .800 silver two light candlesticks and a small Italian silver bowl, 20th century, Weighted candlesticks with slender stems upon domed scale and floral bases, wire branches supporting floral dishes and crown sconces, marked .800 to foot, and… ***
*** A pair of Persian .875 silver candlesticks, 1967-1979 period, with lion and sword standard, farsi numerals, the slender baluster and sconce form candlesticks profusely decorated in the traditional Ghalam Zani manner, hallmarked to foot, silver weight… ***
*** A pair of Mexican sterling silver dolphin candlesticks, mid 20th century, mark of a. Torres Vega, in solid silver, with slender ribbed sconces to plain dishes supported on serpentine cast dolphins and stepped circular bases with rope twist, decoration,… ***
*** A fine pair of Victorian silver plated Corinthian column candlesticks, 19th century, with maker's mark for James Dixon & Sons. Provenance: purchased Richard Gardner Antiques, West Sussex, in 2000 for £920, elegant large sticks with removable dishes,… ***
*** A pair of gilt spelter figural vases on spinach marble bases, later 19th century, a rustic youth and maiden in 18th century attire, he with an axe and holding a lantern beside a tree trunk vase, and she reclining upon a leaf adorned wicker basket vase,… ***
*** A pair of Edwardian sterling silver Pillar candlesticks, 1912 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Henry Clifford Davis, of elegant plain form with trumpet sconces and concentric ribs above a spreading and stepped circular base, weighted; hallmarks to foot,… ***
*** A vintage opaline glass table lamp, early 20th century, the baluster lamp with a frilled mushroom cap shade with a sprayed or stencil design in purple and borders of flowers and swirls in lemon and orange, purple and green colours with brown outlines.… ***
*** A Victorian cranberry glass oil lamp, 19th century, maker, probably Sun lamp works, Midland lighting Co, Birmingham, a moulded cranberry font with a pressed copper stem and a broad dark glass base, with the original fittings and a broad floriform spiral… ***
*** A fine cranberry glass banquet lamp, 19th century, with electric conversion, the English made duplex lamp with a brass reeded stem to a spreading base, a pressed glass font with burner fittings, and an ovoid shade with a optic quilted decor and an… ***
*** A pair of German porcelain figural candlestick bases, 19th to early 20th century, bearing Meissen 'Dot' mark crossed sword marks, Animated gentleman and a lady figures both wearing floral sprigged 18th century attire in pastel tones and supported by… ***
*** A pair of sterling silver Corinthian column candlesticks, 1898 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Hawksworth, Eyre & Co, short iron weighted sticks with removable bead edge sconces, hallmarked to the foot and removable components, total weight 990gr, height… ***
*** A Daum hanging light, circa 1920s, a heavy gauge bowl in an autumnal yellow ochre and brown palette with occasional emerald flecks, with a later black metal hanging chain and cup, mark of Daum Nancy France to bowl, Total length 58 cm, diameter 18 cm ***
*** An antique French bronze four light chandelier, 19th century, with an ornate cast ceiling cup, knopped stem and cast vegetal scrolling arms with frosted and frilled shades, length 60 cm, diameter 60 cm ***
*** A pewter Dutch style five light hanging lantern, circa 1910, in a matte hammered finish with a knopped and lobed baluster stem to an ovoid lower section, with a heavy link chain to the ceiling attachment, and five curvaceous arms supporting electric… ***
*** A rococo style cast bronze and opaline glass chandelier, 19th century, with an open bell shaped frame decorated with cast and trailing foliate, elements enclosing a large domed white glass shade, issuing two curvaceous, arms with upturned sconces… ***
*** A vintage brass and glass hall lantern, of typical cylindrical form with textured vertical ribs and scrolling supports to a chain and cup, with provision for three electric candles, length 55 cm, diameter: 25 cm ***