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Hexagonal Lantern
Enquire about this itemA customer found a lantern in their basement that had not been used for many years, but it needed a lot of work. A new 3-way central pendant wired with lamp holders was made, as the original had been lost, as well as manufacturing four missing leaf scrolls and one turned finial from the base. Any unbroken panes of glass were removed so that we could chemically clean the metalwork to remove all old paint, dirt and putty. Then apply two coats of red oxide paint inside and gild exterior of lantern in pure gold leaf. Replacement flat and curved glass was sourced and fitted and original glass cleaned.
Style: Lanterns
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Antique Regency Chandelier
Enquire about this itemFortunately this antique chandelier, which was almost certainly made by Hancock, didn’t have too many missing parts but still required some attention to rectify a few small issues. The metal framework required straightening, as it had become distorted. The top canopy had been put on upside down, so this needed to be re-positioned to be historically correct.The original central solid iron rod was replaced with a new hollow steel barrel, this allows the wiring to pass through unseen internally rather than visibly attached on the outside. It was just the interior of the chandelier that was rewired as the client wanted to retain the use of wax candles on the exterior nozzles, of which only a couple needed repairing with high viscosity adhesive. The strands of buttons were held together with very brittle metal pins that would almost certainly snap in the future, so about 1500 of these pins were replaced and the buttons themselves re-ordered to create a consistent graduation.
Style: Crystal Chandelier, Large Chandelier
