Illus. 326.—Silver Lamp from
Mount Vernon, 1770-1800.
Illustration [325] shows a rich chandelier for candles, in the Warner house, at Portsmouth. It was probably brought to this country about 1765, the same date that other handsome furnishings were bought for this house. The metal work of this chandelier is of brass. Chandeliers with glass drops are spoken of in the sixteenth century, coming from Venice.
Illustration [326] shows one of the pair of beautiful lamps which are fastened to the wall above the mantel of the banquet hall at Mount Vernon, and which were in use there during the life of Washington. They are made of silver, with the reservoir for oil of a graceful urn shape.
Eliza Susan Morton Quincy gives a description of the house of Ebenezer Storer in Boston, and in it she says: “The ceilings were traversed through the length of the rooms, by a large beam cased and finished like the walls; and from the centre of each depended a glass globe, which reflected as a convex mirror, all the objects in the room.” These globes also reflected the light from candles in the room.
Illus. 327.—Glass Chandelier for Candles, 1760.