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RD 566724
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Hearn, Wright & Co. figural illumination lamp of Queen Mary. It stands 11cm tall, and the base in embossed with the legends “ECLIPSE LAMP” , “ BRITISH MADE” and “Rd. No. 566724”. The date of registration was 15 July 1910.
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King George V acceded to the British throne on 6 May 1910, George V and Queen Mary's coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1911, so the illumination lamp would presumably have been produced to commemorate the event.
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