WAS Benson Arts and Crafts Brass Table Lamp with Powell Vaseline Glass Shade.
 
A superb antique brass Arts and Crafts table lamp/light with Powell vaseline glass shade by WAS Benson.
 
The lamp unusually retains its original lacquer finish which is so often missing or badly degraded on Benson metalwork.   
 
It is completed with a superb wrythen swirl vaseline glass shade by James Powell of a particularly beautiful colour and deep opalescence which is original to the lamp.
 
Marks: Ref: Model no 1132 plate 15 page 259 of Ian Hammertons book WAS Benson Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design. 
 
Size: 49cm maximum height x 18cm width x 18cm depth.
 
Date: c.1900.
 
Condition: In excellent condition retaining its original patina and lacquer finish.  In full working order and re-wired with black silk braided twist flex ready to install.