Rare Old Hall 'Modernist' Oil Lamp Base Designed by Christopher Dresser c.1880

Height:19cm (7.5")

The buff angular body decorated with stylised daisies all supported on three angled spike feet.

This piece can be seen displayed on a dresser on the front cover of the book 'The Best of Arts & Crafts', Author: Brian Coleman, Published: Schiffer and on page 105.

Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan Collection

Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan were pioneering collectors of 19th Century fine and decorative arts and this unique collection was a shared passion assembled over the course of a lifetime from the 1950s onwards. The collection was regarded and recognised as academically important, a number of bequests of both decorative and fine arts from the collection have been accepted by museums includingThe British Museum and the Ashmolean.