. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. 128. BRACKET IN SACKVILLESTREET. FIG. 129. REMAINS OF A BRACKETNEAR SAVILE ROW. The Street lighting was mostly from brackets fixed to the houses,as may stiU be seen in Sackville Street in the West End, and inmany of the narrower streets, squares, courts and alleys of the eastand west central districts. At first lanterns of sheet iron glazed withhorn were suspended from the brackets, but early in the eighteenthcentury a new and better form of lamp was introduced, s
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. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. 128. BRACKET IN SACKVILLESTREET. FIG. 129. REMAINS OF A BRACKETNEAR SAVILE ROW. The Street lighting was mostly from brackets fixed to the houses, as may stiU be seen in Sackville Street in the West End, and inmany of the narrower streets, squares, courts and alleys of the eastand west central districts. At first lanterns of sheet iron glazed withhorn were suspended from the brackets, but early in the eighteenthcentury a new and better form of lamp was introduced, stiU knownin France as Anglaise. This consists of a deep blown-glass bowlslightly constricted below the rim, seated in a ring support atthe end of the bracket, and a removable domed or conical wind--proof cover, under which a simple oil lamp without chimney was Lamp-Holders 287 suspended. The brackets for public lighting were plain, as maybe seen in Sackville Street (Fig. 128) and in old prints, but many of amore decorative character were put up privately. One interestingexample in a dilapidated condition has quite recently be