THE LIGHTING COLLECTION
Blacksmiths Bellows
The bellows were rescued from a decaying barn in East Devon. They were made by Godwin Warren & Co in Bristol and were originally framed on decorative iron legs. Amazingly the leather and wood had survived and still puffed air through their massive gills.
Stamped on the top of the bellows reads:
Prize Medal 1851
Prize Medal 1862
Special Gold Medal Paris
Godwin Warren & Co were a successful engineering and manufacturing firm for well over one hundred years. But when plastics and cheaper foreign imports took over from British-made metals in the 60s the firm could not compete. Eventually Godwin Warren was sold in 1988 to Tully.
These chandeliers hark back to the time of British Industrialisation, when the country was forging an exciting new future as a world leader of commerce and technology.
Image print available to buy via Randall&Rosen page.
