Hand Painted lamp
Base is 8x8 Height 24" Appears to be porcelain.
Parents owned it. Believed purchased during WWII.
Inherited
No
Hi Thomas,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. The inscription in the lower right corner of the portrait is a little hard to read. So that I may best assist you, can you please tell me what it says?
Thanks!
Delia
Thanks, Thomas.
Based on the photographs and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A Neoclassical style parcel gilt paint decorated and ormolu mounted table lamp
The Netherlands, early 20th Century
the double-handled footed and covered vase with squared foot depicting a copy of Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of Sarah Siddons, inscribed " Gaines Borough/by Joh. Peters/Amsterdan/Holland", signed "Marie", on a gray ground, with gilt accents, mounted as a lamp.
24 inches high, base 8 by 8 inches
$150-250*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Gaines Borough
by Joh. Peters
Amsterdan
Holland