A rare twin-arm arts & crafts wall light very much in the style of Jesson Birkett & Co. (The Faulkner Bronze Co). The hand-crafted & riveted antique copper-plated frame holds pendant two reproduction vaseline shades produced here in the Uk. The light designed to run the cable externally down the wall directly to a plug.

Dimensions/ Specifications:

• Ht.(backplate)40cm/16in, W.(backplate)10/4, Dpth.29/11.5, W.(at 2 shades)26/10
• Supplied with 2m flex and 13amp plug

Not Included:

• 2 x B.22  (4w or 6w) L.E.D Golf Bulb (Available to purchase in our accessories department)
• Screw fixings

Faulkner Bronze Company/ Jesson, Birkett & Co. Ltd

1901-1910

• The Faulkner Bronze Company was formed in 1901 by the Directors, Fred. G. Faulkner, Thomas Birkett and Arthur. G. Jesson based in Tenby Street, Birmingham.

• The firm produced light fittings, copper wares and Loetz style glass wares enclosed in copper under the “Cobral Ware” mark, a process they patented in 1901.

• Thomas Birkett was a former member of the Birmingham Guild of handicraft and he was joined at Faulkner Bronze Company by other former Guildsmen, John Webster and A. E. Williams.

• Also at Faulkner Bronze was Spencer Humphrey, known for his repousse work, and designers, Bert Harvey and Anne Grisdale Stubbs. Anne was a star pupil and gold medallist at the Birmingham School of Art. She later married Thomas Birkett.

• The firm only lasted for a few years and was reconstituted as Jesson, Birkett & Co Ltd in 1904 when Fred Faulkner retired.

• The firm continued to make the most exquisite copper and mixed metal inkwells, cigarette boxes and light fittings, often using older Richard Llewellyn Rathbone designs.

• Anne G. Stubbs was clearly a key designer for the firm and her work was often illustrated in The Studio.

• The firm tended to use either enamels or Ruskin Pottery roundels for decoration.

• The firm wound up in 1910 and Thomas Birkett went on to work for Simplex Conduits Ltd in Birmingham.