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Early lighting is rare. Often a candle or groups of candles were the end of the story. Fireplaces furnished lighting and heat, candles were luxury items.  Elaborately gilt decoration was meant to be seen by candle light. Oil lamps, common in antiquity, are sometimes found. Chandeliers were first candles, then gas, then about 1880 electrification came to the Paris Exposition and the lighting of the Avenue de l'Opera. Soon the most elegant and elaborate chandeliers imaginable were made in increasing amounts.

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  • Circa 1770 George III Brass Candlesticks, United Kingdom, A Pair

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    A pair of George III brass candlesticks, United Kingdom, circa 1770. Rare shape.

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  • Antique Tea Canister Lamp

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    An antique tole black painted with gilded decoration, England circa 1830.

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  • Classic Pair of Early 19th Century Sheffield Plate Candlesticks, England

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    A very nice pair of Sheffield silver plate Adams design candlesticks made in England in the late 18th or early 19th century. Condition: Good condi...

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