A 'VELLUM' WARE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FIGURE OIL LAMP, DESIGNED BY CHARLES NOKE FOR DOULTON & CO., BURSLEM, CIRCA 1892 circular base with gilt borders, the figure standing beside a rope swathed capstan and holding aloft a torch with spherical oil reservoir of stylised flames and original lamp fittings later converted to electricity, crowned Doulton Burslem green mark (used 1891-1902) and painted in red with Robert Allen studio number for January to November 1892 RA1286 63cm high excluding brass light fittings and glass funnel and spherical etched shade Charles John Noke (1858-1941) started at the Doulton Burslem works in 1889 and is credited with turning the company into the leading art manufacturer of the period. For over eighteen months he worked on the magnificent Columbus vase, at almost six feet high and topped by a similar model of the navigator, as well as a few individual vellum ware figures, for the company's pavilion at the Chicago 'World Columbian Exposition' in 1893. A few other figures were added to the range in the following years, but none of these early vellum figures were ever produced in large numbers. Unknown until recently, the free-standing version of the Columbus figure is particularly rare, although another figural lamp with differing base and without the oil reservoir was sold in these rooms, 23 November 2010, lot 16.
A 'VELLUM' WARE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FIGURE OIL LAMP, DESIGNED BY CHARLES NOKE FOR DOULTON & CO., BURSLEM, CIRCA 1892 circular base with gilt borders, the figure standing beside a rope swathed capstan and holding aloft a torch with spherical oil reservoir of stylised flames and original lamp fittings later converted to electricity, crowned Doulton Burslem green mark (used 1891-1902) and painted in red with Robert Allen studio number for January to November 1892 RA1286 63cm high excluding brass light fittings and glass funnel and spherical etched shade Charles John Noke (1858-1941) started at the Doulton Burslem works in 1889 and is credited with turning the company into the leading art manufacturer of the period. For over eighteen months he worked on the magnificent Columbus vase, at almost six feet high and topped by a similar model of the navigator, as well as a few individual vellum ware figures, for the company's pavilion at the Chicago 'World Columbian Exposition' in 1893. A few other figures were added to the range in the following years, but none of these early vellum figures were ever produced in large numbers. Unknown until recently, the free-standing version of the Columbus figure is particularly rare, although another figural lamp with differing base and without the oil reservoir was sold in these rooms, 23 November 2010, lot 16.
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