DOI issue:
Nr. 343 (December 1925)
DOI article:White, Elizabeth: Lead and tin in art
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19986#0198
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Fig. 323.—Lead Caryatides, Park Lane.
have had a bewilderment in choice, for the
variety of shapes and designs had a wide range.
The lightness of the metal permitted elaboration
of detail without clumsiness or undue weight.
The hanging lanterns or chandeliers were, of
course, the more ornate, many of them pierced
in openwork patterns, others with repousse work
in sheet tin that had a fine surface quality.
The Spanish lanterns of tin were also sur-
prisingly varied in ornament and form. Many
of the wall lanterns of beaten tin were made in
geometrical forms such as many-pointed stars
which also formed a sort of reflector for the
lantern's rays. The Andalusian lanterns, or
jarols were frequently painted and gilded.
Some were made in hexagonal form surmounted
by an openwork dome in the form of a crown or a
flower calyx of really exquisite workmanship.
Occasionally the clear glass is replaced with col-
ored panes of red, blue or green painted with
armorial bearings. Such lanterns Were usually
suspended by long silken cords and were com-
pleted by silk tassels hanging from their tips.
Some of the painted ones were fashioned to re-
semble a flower with leaves curling about the
base, the top making the unfolding blossom.
Colonial lamps, lanterns, candlesticks,
sconces and boxes were fashioned of tin. The
lamps vary from the primitive "Betty's" with
their floating wick for whale's oil to highly decor-
ative shapes with stenciled ornaments. The
early iron lamps of the colonies were soon re-
placed by tin ones, which never passed entirely
out of favor even with the advent of elegant and
ornamental glass lamps and candlesticks.
Tin, reflectors set with pressed glass in geo-
metrical patterns and equipped with candle hold-
ers are found in really lovely design. Early lan-
terns appear not to have been painted, but were
later painted and elaborately stenciled. Many of
them were conical with pierced designs that form
a veritable filigree.
Fig. 247.—Sir John Cass.
one ninety-eight
DECEMBER I 925
Fig. 323.—Lead Caryatides, Park Lane.
have had a bewilderment in choice, for the
variety of shapes and designs had a wide range.
The lightness of the metal permitted elaboration
of detail without clumsiness or undue weight.
The hanging lanterns or chandeliers were, of
course, the more ornate, many of them pierced
in openwork patterns, others with repousse work
in sheet tin that had a fine surface quality.
The Spanish lanterns of tin were also sur-
prisingly varied in ornament and form. Many
of the wall lanterns of beaten tin were made in
geometrical forms such as many-pointed stars
which also formed a sort of reflector for the
lantern's rays. The Andalusian lanterns, or
jarols were frequently painted and gilded.
Some were made in hexagonal form surmounted
by an openwork dome in the form of a crown or a
flower calyx of really exquisite workmanship.
Occasionally the clear glass is replaced with col-
ored panes of red, blue or green painted with
armorial bearings. Such lanterns Were usually
suspended by long silken cords and were com-
pleted by silk tassels hanging from their tips.
Some of the painted ones were fashioned to re-
semble a flower with leaves curling about the
base, the top making the unfolding blossom.
Colonial lamps, lanterns, candlesticks,
sconces and boxes were fashioned of tin. The
lamps vary from the primitive "Betty's" with
their floating wick for whale's oil to highly decor-
ative shapes with stenciled ornaments. The
early iron lamps of the colonies were soon re-
placed by tin ones, which never passed entirely
out of favor even with the advent of elegant and
ornamental glass lamps and candlesticks.
Tin, reflectors set with pressed glass in geo-
metrical patterns and equipped with candle hold-
ers are found in really lovely design. Early lan-
terns appear not to have been painted, but were
later painted and elaborately stenciled. Many of
them were conical with pierced designs that form
a veritable filigree.
Fig. 247.—Sir John Cass.
one ninety-eight
DECEMBER I 925