Hopper, H., London (1812–25). Signed and dated 1 January 1812, an elaborate giltwood chandelier with eight foliate arms supporting gilt-metal fittings with moulded opaque glass ‘flame’ shades, and centred by a plinth supporting a plaster group of man, woman and cherub flying above; the whole hung by four chains from a giltwood corona topped with stars. [Sotheby's, 8 April 1982, lot 121] H. Hopper signed and dated 2 March 1818 an ebonised bracket, formed of a rectangular moulded shelf on corbel support carved with gadrooning. [Sotheby's, 9 February 1968, lot 151] Another painted plaster wall bracket is recorded by H. Hopper, signed and dated 20 February 1825, and consists of a moulded shelf supported on a female head wreathed in oak leaves and framed by a goatskin. [Sotheby's, 31 July 1970, lot 79]