Details
The slender moulded baluster stem with cut canopy hung with graduated tiers of prismatic cut beads and drops, the disc issuing alternating short and long S-shaped and rope twist moulded arms joined by hanging chains of cut beads with large cut drops, with faceted pendant drops below, restorations and replacements
72 in. (180 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) diameter
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Lot Essay

Perry & Co., makers of cut-glass chandeliers, lustres and candelabra, were established in 1817 when the firm moved to New Bond Street in London. Formerly named 'Parker & Perry' and founded by William Parker in 1756, the firm received commissions from many prominent patrons including the Royal family. They supplied to the Prince of Wales at Carlton House, and upon Queen Victoria's accession, they were one of two lustre-makers called upon to supply for the Royal household (R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 674). There are two patterns for closely related chandeliers contained in a sketch book of drawings for chandeliers and brackets in ormolu and glass compiled between 1867 and 1879 by Mr. Bartlett, who acquired the firm of Perry & Co. in the mid-19th century - now held in the Prints & Drawings Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.2064-1952).
A very similar chandelier by Perry & Co, made in 1850, is illustrated in M. Mortimer The English Glass Chandelier, Woodbridge, 2000, p.153, pl.91.
A comparable chandelier from the Desmond Heyward collection, from Haseley Court, Oxfordshire, was sold, Christie's, London, 8 June 2021, lot 122 (£27,500 including premium).

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