Faraday & Son, London | Cut-Glass Plafonnier | England c.1910-20

A good quality  cut-glass and cast-brass hanging lamp certainly by Faraday & Son due to recognisable design patterns but apparently unsigned. England circa 1910-20

ht.76cm/30in diam 37/13

Faraday & Son, London 

  • Robert Faraday was the brother of  Michael Faraday the well known pioneer scientist of electromagnetics.
  •  Robert ran a gasfitter’s and lighting company in Wardour Street from as early as 1823
  • After his father’s death his son James took over followed by his grandson Harold in 1875 when the company became known as Messrs. Faraday & Sons
  • The firm’s entries for the Electric Light Fittings Exhibition in Edinburgh received a favourable review in The Art Journal of August 1890
  •  In 1919 F & C Osler, specialising in chandeliers, and Faraday’s merged to become Osler and Faraday Ltd, working from Wardour Street until 1925.
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