A PAIR OF FRENCH CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TOLE PEINTE COLZA OIL-LAMPS

19TH CENTURY

细节
A PAIR OF FRENCH CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TOLE PEINTE COLZA OIL-LAMPS
19th Century
Each with a circular pierced rim being the oil container, centred by a shaft surmounted by a shaped glass tube and a domed shade, the column with foliate bands on a square plinth with vases flanked by foliage and on a stepped base, one lid for oil compartment lacking, restorations and refreshments to the decoration, the glass and the shade probably original
29½ in. (75 cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

A small painting depicting a Salon in Ischia, Italy, of circa 1829 depicts a closely related lamp with glass shade on a table in the background (L. de Groër, Les arts décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p. 43, fig. 64).