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| Impressive pair of early C20th giltwood floor-standing candle-lamps or torcheres in the C18th neo-classical style. |
Impressive pair of early C20th giltwood floor-standing candle-lamps or torcheres in the neo-classical C18th style.
Tall pair of torchere lamps drawing their inspiration from classical athenienne type ancient oil lamps, in the the manner of the late C18th designer , architect and neo-classicist, Robert Adam .
The tripod leaf-carved and reeded upright supports terminating in lion's paw feet , with carved and lobed central detail. The solid plinth bases of sloping stepped tri-form design with period-style 'pounced ground' panels to the concave sides, band of guilloche style carving and classically-inspired ram's head decoration to the corners.
The triple carved and tapering shaped uprights each supporting a faux green marble decorated bowl, in imitation of an oil vessel reservoir. The tops fitted with cast-brass candle knozzles which house removable Bristol-type green glass photophores or 'storm shades' .
Excellent pair of C18th design lights to add period style elegance to an entrance porch or a hall-way.
Good sympathetic aged patina to the gilding . Minor areas of wear showing the red gesso ground 'bleeding' through adding to the C18th period style atmosphere .
Well-balanced construction with stable weighted bases.
H 73"
W 18"
D 18"
England c.1920 |
| Ref: ML 1707 |
Price:
£2,200
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| Pair of early C20th French Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted marble lamps. |
Pair of early C20th French Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted marble lamps.
Elegant pair of vase-shaped ovoid-bodied rose-coloured marble lamps with well-cast ormolu mounts and embellishments .
Mounted with twin scroll handle mounts with classical Ram's or Goat's-head mask motifs . The figured rose marble bodies with cast-ormolu draped swags with flower-head detail . The domed fixed 'lid' covers fitted with bronzed tubular stems with double lamp-holders above and terminating with cast-ormolu ring shade supports and 'flambeau' finials .
The ovoid bodies supported on a fleched or feather design mounts unto a turned socle with ribbon-design ormolu ring mount , onto a square plinth block base fitted with moulded cast-bronze edging.
Can be rewired to client's specification (included in price).
No shades included.
H (overall including fixings) 33"
H (bodies) 15"
W 7"
Base 5.5" sq.
France c.1900
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| Ref: ML 168 |
Price:
£1,600
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| Large early C20th Italian carved giltwood lamp standard in C17th Venetian style . |
Large early C20th Italian carved giltwood lamp standard in C17th Venetian style.
Elaborate and flamboyant carved giltwood standard lamp of bold scale, modelled as a Venetian candle-stand . Standing upon three carved lion's paw feet , the column with intricate carved ,pierced and leaf-wrapped detail .
The gilt having a gently aged patina and colour . No breaks or losses , minor wear and chips to gilded surface, adding to the overall appearance of an important and impressive period candle-stand.
Can be wired to client's specification.
H 62"
W 18"
D 18"
Italy c.1920 |
| Ref: ML 1701 |
Price:
£950
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| Pair of early C20th silver-plated and marble column Corinthian-capped classical-style table lamps. |
Pair of early C20th silver-plated and marble column Corinthian-capped classical-style table lamps.
Smart pair of electro silver-plated classical column table lamps with multi-stepped and beaded plinth bases with arcaded column architectural detail and well-detailed cast Corinthian capital tops . The tapering yellow Siena marble columns with good figuring and consistent colour.
The light bulb-holder also silver-plated.
In need of re-wiring which can be done to client's specification.
H 21"
W (base) 7"
D 7"
England c.1920
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| Ref: ML 1702 |
Price:
£850
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| Late C19th gilded ormolu-bronze Empire style table-lamp |
Late C19th gilded ormolu-bronze Empire-style table lamp. Decorated with excellent cast detail, useful larger-scale lamp of campana vase form. Alternating cast panels to the integral stepped plinth base featuring scrolls, laurel wreaths ,ribbons and flower-filled vases together with leaf-cast detail to the foot section. The vase with twin leaf-wrapped handles and female goddess mask decoration, the body cast with amorini and classical scroll detail decoration . The fluted stem onto a leaf-wreath wrapped circular ring.
Quality Empire-style lamp in excellent condition. Has good presence and also of stable, well-balanced design with a weighted base.
Can by re-wired to customer's specification.
H (lamp ex. fitting )19"
Base 6.5" sq.
W( handle to handle)9"
France c.1900
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| Ref: ML1511 |
Price:
£850
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| Large late C19th Italian alabaster lamp of classical form . |
Large late C19th Italian alabaster lamp of classical form.
Over-scaled vase bodied alabaster lamp of twin-handled tapering form . Raised on a square block base supported on a tiurned socle, the tapered body with fluted lower body , angular handles and turned top.
Modelled a a classical Grecian urn and made from a well-selected figured alabaster stone.
The brass lamp fitting and bulb-holder with a sympathetically aged patina .
No damage, breaks or repairs.
Can be re-wired to clients specification .
H 26"
W 10"
D 10" |
| Ref: ML 1707 |
Price:
£800
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| C19th bronze 'Grand Tour' souvenir reduction of the "Medici Vase" lamp-base. |
C19th bronze 'Grand Tour' souvenir reduction of the "Medici Vase" lamp-base. Well-cast bronze copy of the famous marble 'krater' vase sculpted in Athens in the second half of the 1st century AD as a garden ornament for the Roman market. The vase re-appeared on the 1598 inventory of the Villa Medici , hence its title, since 1780 has been displayed in the Uffizi Gallery , Florence ,Italy. The vase features images of Diana and Iphigenia together with heroic warriors such as Agamemnon, Achilles and Odysseus , all in a bas-relief frieze below a vine-leaf band and 'egg and dart' rim. Twin fluted handles with satyrs heads to the sides, an acanthus-carved base with gadrooned support onto a laurel wreath band and square foot.
Patinated dark bronze with highlights.
Wired and ready to use.
A good piece of classical and practical decoration.
H 14"
Dia (top) 10".
Italy c. 1880
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| Ref: MLAF 148 |
Price:
£750
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| Pair of C18th style Italian carved gilt-wood candle-lamps. |
Pair of C18th style Italian carved gilt-wood candle-lamps. Good tall scale pair of Venetian period-style candle-stick lamp-bases ,with aged gilt and 'sea-green' decoration . Fluted stems and bases , with carved leaf detail and beaded tops.
Can be wired to clients specification.
H 30"
Dia. base 8"
Italy c.1920 |
| Ref: MLMA 1503 |
Price:
£575
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| Pair of early C20th Italian pottery classical column lamp-bases. |
Pair of early C20th Italian pottery classical column lamp-bases. Gently tapering fluted-column classical column lamps on square stepped plinth bases , surmounted by Corinthian-style caps. Good tall pair of smart architectural lamp-bases in pure white pottery . Old brass switch-fittings , unwired , have holes for wire through side of base.(Can quote for re-wiring to clients specification).Minor chip to one base.
H (lamp) 21"
Base 5" sq. |
| Ref: MLHB 1206 |
Price:
£375
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| C19th cast bronze candle-lamp base of rococo design. |
C19th cast bronze candle-lamp base of rococo design .
Extravagant rococo design lamp -base with well-cast detail . Consistent dark, green-ish patination .
Probably French .
Can be wired to clients specification if desired.
H 14"
W 7"
D 7"
France C.1870 |
| Ref: ML165 |
Price:
£280
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| Magnificent pair of late C19th carved gilt-wood Corinthian column table-lamps. |
Magnificent pair of late C19th carved gilt-wood Corinthian column table-lamps.
Standing on ebonised block plinth bases ,rising to multi-stepped bases supporting fluted classical architectural column shafts with highly-detailed and well-carved acanthus leaf wrapped and cherub-mask Corinthian caps. The caps topped by an ebonised platform with re-furbished traditional-style brass fitting and bulb-holders.
Wonderful original gilding and finish .
Elegant and imposing pair of classical-design lamps of good scale and presence .
Have been professionally re-wired using cotton-covered '3 twist' period-style flex, have also been fitted with on-line switches.
Baize covered undersides .
Excellent original condition with good stability .
Ready to use.
H 27"
Base sq. 7"
England c.1900
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| Ref: ML166 |
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| Impressive pair of late C19th French bronze vase-bodied lamps of classical design . |
Impressive pair of late C19th French bronze vase-bodied lamps of classical design. Tapering ovoid vase bodies with all-round relief cast decoration of dancing classical maidens or nymphs and a running 'Greek-key' type decoration ,taking it's inspiration from antiquity. The fixed cover tops each with twin entwined serpent handles and fluted detailing . Raised upon fluted square socle bases with twin steps and concave corners, and with fluted and wreath-cast decoration .
Adjustable height bulb-stems with acorn finial shade holders.
Excellent colour ,patina and quality , possibly by the Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry ,Paris, but unmarked or signed.
Executed in the style and manner of the C18th French sculptor Claude-Michel Clodion (1738-1814)
Minor rubbing to handles.
Good quality period-style fittings , can be re-wired to clients specification.
(The pleated silk-lined shades are included)
H(body) 19"
H(overall) 33"
W (handles) 9"
Base 6" sq.
France c. 1880 |
| Ref: ML1603 |
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| Early C19th George IV period bronze and gilt-bronze twin-branch colza lamp. |
Early C19th George IV period bronze and gilt-bronze twin-branch colza lamp.
Classically-inspired design bronze lamp with urn-shaped central reservoir and twin-light arms with their apparently original etched glass globe shades. Well-cast detail throughout with exceptional gilt bronze claw feet. The stem with foliate scroll detail and an applied mask motif .
Colza being rapeseed oil which became a popular fuel choice for lighting during this period, the lamp system having been pioneered and patented in France by Aime Argand in 1780.
Probably made by Thomas Messenger & Sons, Birmingham, though unmarked.
Consistent dark patination with contrasting gilded elements.
Excellent condition, having been adapted for electrical use , and has been professionally re-wired and tested in our workshops. Fitted with traditional style cotton-covered 3-core twisted flex.
H 23"
W 15"
D 7"
England c.1825 |
| Ref: ML 1702 |
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| Pair of early C20th Chinese verdigris bronze lamp-bases of Archaic Shang dynasty 'Fanglei' design. |
Pair of early C29th Chinese verdigris bronze lamp-bases of Archaic Shang Dynasty 'Fanglei' design .
Smart pair of incricately-cast bronze lamp-bases imitating ancient Chinese ritual wine or food vessels /vases or 'Fanglei' , from the Archaic Chinese Bronze Age c. 1650 BC.
Such ancient bronze vessels were used for the purposes of ancestor veneration and worship in Chinese culture.
The cast decoration of traditional Chinese archaic style with stylised eyes and mask imagery.
Mounted onto bleached hardwood stands and feet of typical Chinese form , with corresponding wooden 'lids'. All-round cast decoration , of free-standing form .
Well-executed aged verdigris /ancient patination and finish .
Highly decorative pair of stylish lamp-bases.
Can be rewired to clients' specification (inclusive of price).
H(excluding lamp fitting) 15"
W 8"
D 5"
China /Asia c. 1920
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| Ref: ML 169 |
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| Large pair of early C20th Chinese armorial style porcelain lamps , probably by Samson of Paris . |
Large pair of early C20th Chinese armorial style porcelain lamps , probably by Samson of Paris.
Smart decorative pair of ovoid-bodied porcelain lamps of vase form ,decorated in C18th Chinese export 'famille rose' palette with armorial decoration . The fronts decorated with large heraldic device or 'coat-of-arms' to centre of body , decorated and gilded with floral sprig designs throughout . The reverse with a smaller armorial or heraldic cartouche , which depicts a leaping deer above a baronets bar .
Almost certainly made by the firm of Edme Samson et Cie of Paris, France , who specialised in producing accurate copies of this type of porcelain in imitation of both important C18th Chinese and European porcelain .
Raised on square bases with fluted socles and mounted in gilded and lacquered brass plinths . The fixed domed 'lids' with original brass lamp fittings . The sides with elaborate leaf-wrapped twin scrolled handles.
In first-class perfect condition .
Can be rewired to clients specification (included in price).
H 19"
W 9"
D 9"
France c. 1920 |
| Ref: ML 1610 |
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| Pair of early C20th Italian alabaster column table-lamps |
Pair of early C20th Italian alabaster column table-lamps. Impressively scaled pair of classical column lamps with carved relief decoration. Turned cylindrical columns mounted upon stepped plinth bases with leaf-carved decoration. The column 'caps' with 'rope-twist' bands and lobed tops. The white/cream stone of good, aged colour and with a polished finish .Can be re-wired to clients specification. Minor chips to bases.
H 22" x Bases 7" sq.
Italy c .1920 |
| Ref: MLM 1411 |
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| C19th William IV period ormolu bronze lamp-base.
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C19th William IV period ormolu bronze lamp-base. Superb quality heavily-cast bronze lamp-base with gilded finish . Intricate cast detail in 'rocaille' or rococo style with sea-shell and 'icicle drip' grotto fantasy decoration . Excellent original gilding and patination , having achieved a wonderful 'soft' gilded surface through age.
Weighted base with original cast-iron insert.
Can be re-wired to customers specification.
H 23"
W (base) 10"
England c. 1835 |
| Ref: ML 158 |
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| C19th Venetian polychrome-paint decorated 'Blackamoor' table-top size lamp-base. |
C19th Venetian polychrome-paint decorated 'Blackamoor' table-top size lamp-base. Good bright colours , carved wood with brass light fitting.
H 30".
Base 8" sq.
Italy c. 1880 |
| Ref: ML 972 |
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| Late C19th French siena marble and ormolu bronze lamp-base of Charles X design. |
Late C19th French siena marble and ormolu-bronze lamp-base of Charles X design . Smart figured 'marmo giallo' column lamp with patinated ormolu-bronze mounts , raised on compressed tri-part ,leaf-draped lion's leg and paw base ,onto a shaped siena marble platform with gilded base-plate. The swollen column with stiff-leaf cast detail to base of shaft , with leaf-cast collar to the top . Fitted with a well-designed gilt-metal shade and bulb-holder with conforming pineapple finials top and bottom .
Can be re-wired to client's specification.
H(column) 17"
H (overall) 32"
W(base) 7"
D(base) 7"
France c.1870 |
| Ref: ML 166 |
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| C19th French marble lamp with gilded brass mount. |
C19th French marble lamp with gilt metal mount. Turned marble vase-bodied lamp of substantial scale with gilt-brass surmount and fitting. Fitted to a mahogany plinth base and having been rewired using traditional-style cotton-covered twisted 3-core flex.
Strikingly-figured stone with accents of rose and peach colours.
No breaks or damage to body, minor filled chips to the base.
Ready to use.
H 25" (full)
H 16" (marble vase)
Width 8"
Base sq. 8"
France c.1870 |
| Ref: ML 165 |
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