A Watson Leadlight Window/Room Divider Start Price USD 500.00 Current Price USD 500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, October 02, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 12, 2008 Location Adelaide See more about 'A Watson Leadlight Window/Room Divider' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE!   Payment A ‘Watson’ Leadlight Window/Room Divider Click to View Image Album  Click to View Image Album  Click to View Image Album  Click to View Image Album  Click to View Image Album  Click to View Image Album  This window and frame is fine example of the so-called ‘Watson’ window that was used to divide the dining room from the drawing room in the more elaborate late 19th Century villas in Adelaide, South Australia.   The three leadlight panels were made by Heinrich Ludwig Vosz (1812-1886), the pre-eminent Adelaide lead-lighter who produced a wide range of fancy art nouveau glazing for the local domestic market.  He used subtle tones and shades in English muffle glass and his designs are characterised by floral motifs enclosed by geometric patterns and borders.   Vosz died of old age at North Terrace, Adelaide, on 10 March 1886 and was buried in West Terrace cemetery. His estate, sworn for probate at £73,947, was distributed among local charities, relatives in Germany and many former employees. His business, said to have been the first to manufacture paint in Australia (originally in a backyard workshop), became a limited liability company, H. L. Vosz Ltd, in 1904 and in 1915 changed its name to Clarkson Ltd.   The glass panels are highly decorative, and interestingly they appear as different colours in different amounts of light (in low light the colours deepen and soften).   The glass and lead canes are all original.  There is a small amount of damage to the clear glass in the central panel and one or two other minor cracks.  The glass shows the signature of H L Vosz.  The joinery work is American sugar pine.   The original rollers in the frames are still attached as are part of the lifting cables.  The panel is ‘as found’, in the attic space of a Kensington villa and the dust and cobwebs still remain!   The frame measures 2145 mm x 2160 mm x 38 mm deep.  The leadlight panels are 1155 mm x 610 mm and the wooden panels are 550 mm x 470 mm.   We require payment in 14 days from international buyers and within 7 days from Australian buyers.  We pack and send within 24 hours of payment where possible.  Contact us for freight costs and packaging prices.  We always aim for the best price and most reliable service.  Our packaging is first class and we use eco-friendly materials.  We recommend insurance, which we can arrange at a modest cost. Payment Back to Top We require payment within 14 days from international buyers and within 7 days from Australian Buyers. We Pack and send within 24 hours of payment where possible. We recommend insurance, which we can arrange at modest cost      I accept the following forms of payment: PayPalMoney Order       FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out withFREE Vendio custom templates!  FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today! Place a Bid!