A Gothic Wrought Iron Six-Light Pricket Chandelier French, 15th century or laterEach light with prick candlestick, the links and circulet decorated with foliate forms including lilies and ivy tendrils, the circulet spended from a fleur-de-lis crown-form corona(Dia: 23; H: 34 in. (approx.))Qty: (1)ProvenanceProperty from the collection of Mr. Norman Potter, acquired prior to December 28, 1970.Thence by descent.Footnote:NoteAccording to a 1967 appraisal, this lot was identified as French Gothic, second half of 15th century.Norman Stanley Potter (1926–1970) was a collector with wide-ranging interests who developed an eye for classical arts and built a collection of Asian art, antiquities, and early European art. Born to Polish immigrants in New York City, Potter began his self-edification in the arts while exploring the Metropolitan Meum of Art in his youth. As a prominent mathematician and engineer, he participated in the Manhattan Project and later was a designer ofplex defense systems. Together with his wife, the abstract artist Berne Potter, he was active in the art and antique worlds of New York and became friends with important gallerists and collectors, including Juli Carlebach and Melvin Gutman.