Archibald Knox

An Important "Cymric" Oil Table Lamp

base impressed L&CO/CYMRIC with Birmingham Assay Office marks

oil receptacle, ring and cover impressed with Lion Passant and date letter

silver and hardstone with later fabric and patinated metal shade (not illustrated)

Provenance

John Jesse, London, 1990

Exhibited

The Liberty Style, Metropolitan Teien Museum of Art, Tokyo, June 12-July 25, 1999, followed by a tour to six different museums in Japan through June 2000

Literature

The Liberty Style, exh. cat., Japan Art & Culture Association, Tokyo, 1999, p. 122, no. 193 (for the present example illustrated)

Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, p. 180 (for the present example illustrated)

Photograph and description courtesy of Sotheby’s.