An excellent quality cast brass table lamp attributed to James Hinks & Son. The stylish arts & crafts lamp designed with a  “Rococo” feel to the legs with a traditional Edwardian styling to the central column. Complimented with a period vaseline glass Jelly lampshade by James Powell & Sons of Whitefriars Glassworks. England c.1900-10

HT.38cm/15in

James Hinks & Son, Birmingham 1865-1925

• The Foundation of Hinks success was the invention of the Duplex Oil Burner in 1865
• Hinks duplex burners were supplied to lampmakers word-wide including Tiffany
• By 1907 Hinks is producing his own range of Art Nouveau lighting at Great Hampton Street & Hockley Street, Birmingham
• James Hinks and Son only survived briefly into the new era and was taken over by Falk Stadelmann in 1925