Vintage copper and brass lamp
21 December 2020
Description

This copper lamp with wood and brass pedestal is 30 inches tall and the base measures 5 inches wide and deep at the base. There are a pair of lions' head ornaments on each side. There is no hallmark or anything else that I could see that hints at its place of manufacture.

Provenance

Origin is unknown, but it came in a lot with several other interesting pieces (lighting).

Acquired from
Auction House
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 11 hours
By Delia
Dec 21, 11:25 UTC
Fair Market Value
$200 - $300 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Rhonda,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A Neoclassical style covered urn-form copper and brass table lamp
English or European, late 19th/early 20th Century
Two sockets raised on a brass support issuing from a stepped shouldered covered copper urn with brass lion-heads mounts, on a lobed brass foot, on shaped wooden plinth base. Unmarked.
30 inches tall, 5 inches wide by 5 inches deep
CONDITION:
PROVENANCE: acquired at auction
$200-300*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

Rhonda guess Dec 22, 11:10 UTC

Hello Delia:
Seasons Greetings. Do you know in which country this lamp might have been manufactured?
Thanks.

Delia Dec 22, 11:19 UTC

Good morning, Rhonda,
Definitively, no....but it's got a very English or European look to it and I've added that just now to the description.
Happy holidays!

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