Brass Six-Light Chandelier

Brass Six-Light Chandelier, brass hanging ring above baluster shaft with large ball drop supporting six scrolled arms with ring-turned candlecups and drip pans, (electrified, candlecups and drip pans pierced for wiring), total ht. from later brass ceiling mount and chain to bottom ring 29 1/2, dia. 27 1/2 in. Provenance: Ralph Carpenter Jr., Mowbra Hall, (see lot 485). Literature: "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms," reprinted from The Connoisseur, June and August, 1972. In it this chandelier is photographed in situ on p. 6.