Grand Tour Bronze Vase Table Lamp

Grand Tour Bronze Vase Table LampAn impressive, very decorative Grand Tour bronze amphora on a black marble socle base, now mounted as table lamp. France, 19th century. Why we like it Ultimately classical, timeless design inspired by ancient Greek examples, this urn is superbly decorative. Height excluding fittings: 18. 5 in 47 cm May be re wired for any country.

along with the tableted seat rails and typical Gillow reeded leg

lined with felt inside

is illustrated in Margaret Jourdain

adorned with roundels to either side

Elegantly understated

Michael Harding-Hill

This stylish lamp immediately evokes Le Goût Madeleine Castaing – if you ever saw her interiors

and a most delightful original brass knob with tiny lyre decoration in the middle

A striking early 19th century Regency period Calamander pedestal card table in the manner of George Simson

carved with acanthus sprays and scrolls and flanked by shaped and molded uprights and C-scrolled arms

irises and chrysanthemums allude to summer and autumn

remaining in Rome until it was removed to accompany the Medici Niobe Group in 1769-70