Exceptional Cut Glass and Bronze Twelve-Light Gasolier, ca. 1850, attributed to Henry Hooper and Co., Boston, Massachusetts, the primary register of the gasolier with a circular ring of raised leaves set with eight lights, the next register with four raised lights decorated with cast bronze scrollwork, each light fitted with pan-form cut glass prism holders, which also appear on the central shaft as four graduated prism holders, all hung with prisms, the acorn-form panel-cut finial is probably Boston and Sandwich, as are the prism holders, h. 57", dia. 38". A closely related gasolier is depicted on plate 576 of Hooper's 1850 catalogue. The plate is reprinted in Gerald Gowitt's, 19th Century Elegant Lighting, p. 63. Another closely related matched pair of these chandeliers are in the Historic New Orleans Collection and illustrated in Bacot, Nineteenth Century Lighting, Candle-Powered Devices, p. 247.

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- All sales are final - no refunds.
- Artwork in its original condition may be returned within 5 days of purchase against store credit only, valid for one year.
- No returns of custom framed artwork, special orders, dedicated or commissioned items.
- Framing available through gallery. Allow 4-8 weeks for custom framing.
- All rights belonging to the holder of the copyright, including the production rights, shall remain with the Artist.
- NY State sales tax will be added to all NY State orders upon purchase.

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