Pair Of Bronze Bat Candle Wall Sconces After William Tonks & Sons For Liberty
Pair Of Bronze Bat Candle Wall Sconces After William Tonks & Sons For Liberty
A pair of late 20th century bronze Victorian-style bat candle wall sconces after the original design by William Tonks & Sons for Liberty's, designed at the Keswick School of Industrial Arts.
Scones each house a removable candle wax catcher.
Both sconces are very well made and crisply cast from the original design. Both are in an excellent condition throughout.
Condition: Excellent
Origin: England
Time Period: 20th Century (1911-)
Dimensions: 32 cm x 24 cm x 1 cm
Provenance
Provenance
Item appears to be cast from the original mold but do not have marks from William Tonks factory, or Liberty.
Product History
Product History
KSIA, Keswick School of Industrial Art, Lake District, founded in 1884 by Canon and Mrs Rawnsley.
WT&S, W. Tonks & Sons, Manufacturer of architectural hardware, art metalware, campaign metalware, ecclesiastical metalwork and an early fabricator of decorative patterned tubes. The Tonks family surname is the lists of Birmingham brass founders before the 1800s. William Tonks founded this firm around 1789. They won gold medals at the 1851 and 1862 Exhibitions in London and in 1855 at Paris The larger factory in Moseley Street was opened in the early 1860s and most items now found will date from after this time.
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