Back in April I posted my first article on Crown Ducal table lamps and as one might expect, when I said "unseen”, what should turn up within a few weeks. You’ve guessed it, an example of a shape I have never seen before but it is recorded to exist.
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Previously I wrote:
“Returning to unseen and unknown pattern 4253, 4254 and 4255 refer to “Lamp Vase E1” the “Handled” lamp shape. They are decorated with a Chinese inspired print and enamel floral design but there is no clue as to the shape of the lamp or what the handles look like.”
Well I have yet to find those patterns, but here is the shape.
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| Pattern 4193 on Lamp Vase E1 "Handled" lamp shape |
It is not one of the pattern numbers that I mentioned but it is in a known Crown Ducal design recorded for the Queen Anne tableware shape. If the design were on an item of Queen Anne tableware in this green colouring it would carry the pattern number 4193. The printed pattern is identical to that in the pattern book with the printing in Pussy Willow brown, (as used for the popular Crown Ducal pattern of that name), and the design infilled with Cairo green and 175 green enamels. The only obvious design difference is that the lamp has additional line decoration in a golden brown colour.
The fluting on the lamp shape is very similar to that used for the Queen Anne shaped tableware, so perhaps they were designed together to create a co-ordinated look.
