Bucknell, Norman
Designer:
Gimson, Ernest William
Back plates are rusty
Pair of steel wall sconces. The back plates are pierced and slightly raised and chased with stylised roses amid foliage. The edges and the arms are decorated with punched pin holes, and the underside of the drip pans are engraved with 'V's, and the rim of the nozzles with diagonal strokes.
The design was for a firedog.
History note: Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund from Fischer Art Limited
Purchased with the J. R. V. Smyth Fund
Width: 9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought by Fischer Fine Art Limited
20th Century
1939
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1959
Back Plate Height 35.7 cm
Accession number: M.20A & B-1984
Primary reference Number: 81851
FMK 12730
FMK 13387
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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