19th Century Antique Lead Crystal Cut Glass Osler Table Lamp.

High quality English mid-19th Century Corinthian column table lamp base,  made from solid, heavy cut glass, attributable to the Birmingham firm of F & C Osler.

Features a fine #Ormolu gilt bronze, Corinthian capital on a hexagonal cut glass stem (for light, prismatic refraction) that finishes on a deep double ringed socle and five tier, square cut glass base, underneath is a huge cut glass star which refracts beautifully through the stepped base.

Originally supported a matching glass reservoir for lamp oil, converted to candle and now converted and wired for electricity, sympathetically converted displaying its use and lifecycle.

The exquisite capital is gilt cast bronze as to is the candle holder supporting the gallery.

Newly rewired using traditional quality flex and sold with PAT.

F. C Osler was the major player in the luxury glass lighting industry and set the benchmark of quality in glass craftsmanship.

Exceptional lamp in excellent condition.

F& C Osler, the leading British glassmaking company of the 19th century, was established by Thomas Osler in 1807 in Birmingham.. When the second generation took to running the business in 1831, the two sons, Follett and Clarkson, relocated the works to 45, Oxford Street, London and began competing with the French glass industry supplying luxury goods to the home market, aristocratic Europeans and Indian Royalty. They were favoured with commissions from Queen Victoria, Ibrahim Pasha, and a number of distinguished Maharajahs, supplying these from their own outlets in India. For the Great Exhibition of 1851, F & C Osler produced a monumental four tonne cut-glass crystal fountain displayed at the centre of the exhibition in Hyde Park.

H:57cm  (22.5”) Base 16cm (6.3”)