Acquired by present owner with the following provenance: Lillie De Hegermann-Lindencrone (1844–1928, born Greenough). Married first time with Paris based banker, Charles Moulton, married second time to Danish diplomat, chamberlain Johan Henrik Hegermann-Lindencrone, grand child of composer and singer Édouard du Puy (1770–1822), and their descendants of resp. first marriage, Suzanne Moulton, married to count and foreign minister Frederik Raben-Levetzau (1850–1933), and second marriage Frederikke Hegermann-Lindencrone (1778–1853), married to consul general Poul Holm by the company Jacob Holm & Sønners Fabriker A/S and the brother, manager for The Royal Danish Theatre in the period 1938–1946, Cai Hegermann-Lindencrone. The present lamp is part of the collection of objects originating from the appointments in Washington, Rome, Stockholm, Paris and Berlin during the period 1875–1912.