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Bronze Swan Handles Lamps

Pair of French Neoclassical Cut Crystal Urn Bronze Swan Ormolu Handles Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fine pair of French neoclassical cut crystal urn form and gilt bronze-mounted swan ormolu handle
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20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze

Sevres Style Cobalt Blue Porcelain & Bronze Swan Handle Urn Mounted as a Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine French Louis XVI Sèvres style cobalt blue porcelain and bronze swan handle urn mounted as a
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Pair, French Neoclassical Cut Crystal & Bronze Swan Ormolu Baccarat ATTR Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Atlanta, GA
with a finely diamond cut crystal body and mounted with bronze ormolu swan form handles and bases
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20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Wonderful French Neoclassical Swan Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Cut Crystal Lamps, Pair
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French pair of neoclassical style swan bronze ormolu-mounted handle cut crystal lamps
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20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Classical 19th Century Bronze Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century bronze lamp in the Greco-Roman style, having classical figures in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Greco Roman Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Classical 19th Century Bronze Lamp
Classical 19th Century Bronze Lamp
H 16.93 in W 9.06 in D 6.3 in
Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800
Located in Delft, NL
Bronze Bouillotte lamp, France circa 1800. Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with red and gold painted
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Antique Early 18th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French Neoclassic Crystal & Bronze Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A fine French neoclassic cut crystal urn form with gilt bronze-mounted swan handles and square base
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal

19th Century Empire Gilt Bronze Bouillotte Table Lamp
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very stylish 19th century Empire style 'Bouillotte' table lamp in gilt bronze, lit by three
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Empire Style Table Lamp (No Shade). Bronze, Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Empire style lamp (without shade). Patinated bronze. marble base Table lamp raised on a marble
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20th Century European Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Mounted Opaline Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
bronze mounts and swan form handles to central opaline glass body. Marked to bottom “Made in France”.
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Early 20th Century French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Belle Epoque Period Bronze And Ormolu Lamps
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. patinated Bronze and Ormolu lamps, signed Ferdinand Barbedienne. The pair of baluster shaped urns are raised
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Style Solid Bronze and Ormolu Floor Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
two handles with swans. The interior in ormolu is below the gold pleated silk shade. All original
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze And Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Greek Revival st. Grand Tour Period Patinated Bronze, Ormolu
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Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Belle Epoque Period Bronze, Marble, & Ormolu Lamps
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. patinated Bronze, black Belgian marble, and Ormolu lamps, attr. to Ferdinand Barbedienne. The pair of
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Antique 19th Century French Belle Époque Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Large Empire Red Tole Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid-19th century French Empire tole and gilt bronze table lamps with swans handles
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

Pair of Louis XVI Red Marble and Gilt Bronze Swan Handles Decorative Vases
Located in Berlin, DE
The attractive pair of Louis XVI swan handle marble and gilt bronze vases were intended as
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Revival Ormolu Mounted Marble Table Lamp 1860s
Located in London, GB
beautiful ormolu mounted boldly veined breche violette mable table lamp is decorated with superb ormolu swan
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Antique 1860s Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Style Sienna Marble and Ormolu Urn
Located in Vero Beach, FL
handles. The urn lamp is supported on a bronze pedestal which surmounts a raised marble plinth and bronze
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Siena Marble

Pair of Grand Tour Greek Bronze Vases on Marble Bases
Located in London, GB
, they assume the form of swans' heads. A pair of handles of this design is in the collection of the
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Urns

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Neoclassical Pair of Patinated and Dore Bronze Empire Covered Urns
Located in New York, NY
doré bronze cupid masks and foliage scroll doré bronze handles. Each is beautifully cast and patinated
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Antique 1820s French Empire Urns

Materials

Bronze

Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze and Cobalt Blue Glass Chandelier
Located in London, GB
period of Louis XVI, while the swan’s head handles refer to motifs common to the Empire style. The
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Marble Mantel Urns Casolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
decorated with elegant swan face figures side handles and further embellished with floral swag mounts
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Interesting Late 19th Century Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Vase and Pedestal
By Capodimonte
Located in New York, NY
around a flame, the top painted with vines, leaves and berries, the handles with swan heads. The pedestal
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

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Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants

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Silk

Stunning Red Venetian Vase with Double Swan Handles, 24-Karat Gold Inclusion
By Salviati
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Vintage 1950s Italian Vases

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Elegant Crystal Schonbek Lamps
By Schoenbeck
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Two heavy cut crystal urn shaped table lamps marked Schonbek having pretty brass decorative embellishments and feet as well as lovely custom silk shades. Clear glass ball finials. Ur...
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Vintage 1980s American Table Lamps

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Crystal

William Arthur Smith Benson. An original pair of Brass Swan Table Lights.
By Was Benson
Located in London, GB
William Arthur Smith Benson (1854-1924), a pair of Arts and Crafts brass table lights in the style of Swans. I always have a large collection of WAS Benson table lights in stock. At...
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20th Century English Table Lamps

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Set of Four French 19th Century Louis XV Rococo Style Gilt Wood Carved Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood

Cristalleries De Baccarat, a Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Tsarine Torcheres
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Cristalleries De Baccarat, A Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Twenty-Four Light Tsarine Torcheres, Standing Floor Chandeliers. "A Magnificent Pair of Chandeliers" Each central ...
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20th Century French Floor Lamps

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Crystal

Chinese Swan Bucket
Located in Asheville, NC
Very old fine wooden bucket with hand-carved swan handle. This rare and unique piece was used in China as a baby's bathtub.
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20th Century Chinese Sculptures

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Wood

Chinese Swan Bucket
Chinese Swan Bucket
H 24 in W 17 in D 17 in
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases

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Spruce

Amazing Aldo Tura Swan Table Lamp
By Aldo Tura
Located in Munich, DE
A very graceful and modern table lamp made by Aldo Tura. The body of the swan is done in goatskin. Brass accents. Wonderful color and nice condition.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

Materials

Goatskin

Amazing Aldo Tura Swan Table Lamp
Amazing Aldo Tura Swan Table Lamp
H 15.36 in W 3.15 in D 6.7 in
Pair of Cut Crystal and Brass Lamps
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of cut crystal table lamps with brass decorative bases. Marbro. Measures: 29 height (to top of finial) x 9 in diameter. Shades not included.
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Crystal, Brass

French Limoges Porcelain Gilded Baluster Vase
By Limoges Elite Porcelain 1
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A large pedestal baluster-shaped vase in hand-painted Limoges porcelain, and dating from the mid-20th century. Featuring an exquisite decoration of spring flowers in vibrant polychro...
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20th Century French Empire Vases

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Porcelain

French Limoges Porcelain Gilded Baluster Vase
French Limoges Porcelain Gilded Baluster Vase
No Reserve
H 15.75 in W 9.45 in D 5.52 in
MOMA Table Lamp 'Crinkle' by Lyn Godley and Lloyd Schwan, U.S. 1996
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
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Late 20th Century American Modern Table Lamps

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Steel

Pair of Baccarat Cut Crystal Lamps
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Baccarat cut crystal lamps Empire style vases with lattice pattern and bronze scroll formed handles, resting on on bronze square base. Height: 29 in.
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

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Bronze

Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Decanter Set by Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine and decorative gilt-bronze and cut-glass decanter set by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. The set consisting of four decanters and sixteen glasses each finely fa...
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Antique 19th Century French Barware

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Ormolu

Sterling Silver & Crystal Urn
By Frank Whiting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver and crystal urn by Frank Whiting Silver Company. The pedestal and lid are both sterling silver while the urn is cut glass in a dia...
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Vintage 1920s American Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pair of Cut Crystal Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French circa 1940's cut glass table lamps with nickel-plated hardware. Measurements: Height of body: 20" Height to shade rest: 28.5" Diameter: 9"
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Vintage 1940s French Table Lamps

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Cut Glass

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Pair of 19th Century Bronze and Cobalt Blue Porcelain French Lamps
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
A fine quality pair of French porcelain body lamps with bronze-mounted hardware. The handles in the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Swan Lamps
Located in Fairfax, VA
This pair of urn lamps are crafted from white satin marble with gilded bronze handles in the shape
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

French Swan Lamps
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Pair Swan Cut Crystal and Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Highly decorative pair with swan form handles. Stock number: L94.
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Early 20th Century French Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French Cut Crystal and Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
A Classic Empire style 1920s crystal vase with bronze swan handles that has been electrified as a
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Vintage 1920s French Empire Table Lamps

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of White Opaline and Bronze Neoclassical Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of White Opaline and Bronze Neoclassical Lamps with Swan Handles Stock Number: DA98
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20th Century French Table Lamps

Empire Gilt Bronze and Patinated Tole Urn Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of elongated baluster form, with swan's neck handles, raised on a stepped square base and pedestal
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Tôle, Bronze

Antique Pair of Sevrés French Opaline Glass Lamps & Figural Bronze Mounts c1920
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of Sevres French opaline table lamps offers glass urn form bases having cast bronze
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Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

A Pair of French Empire Black Enameled Lamps with Gilt Bronze Trim
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Empire black enameled lamps with gilt bronze trim. The vase shaped lamps have swan
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Antique Early 1900s French Empire Table Lamps

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Metal, Bronze

Pair of Neo-Greco Antique Cast Bronze Amphora Table Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
finely cast pair of patinated bronze lamps are in the form of an Amphora vases with a turned brass cap
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20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Pair of Marble and Bronze French Empire Style Urn Table Lamps Ram Head
Located in Toledo, OH
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Table Lamps

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Pair of Louis XVI Style Red Marble and Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamps
Located in Berlin, DE
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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French Opaline Glass Table Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
FRENCH OPALINE GLASS TABLE LAMP WITH SWAN HANDLES AND BRONZE MOUNTINGS
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Vintage 1930s French Table Lamps

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Bronze

French Opaline Glass Table Lamp
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H 24 in W 6 in D 5 in
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of fabulous lobular-form lamps, of cobalt porcelain with elaborate dore bronze ormolu mounts
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Sevres Lamps
Pair of 19th Century Sevres Lamps
H 30.5 in W 8 in D 7 in
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By Warren Kessler
Located in Stamford, CT
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Vintage 1940s Table Lamps

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Pair Of Warren Kessler Urn Form Lamps
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Located in Savannah, GA
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20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Bronze

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Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid 19th Century French Empire tole and gilt bronze table lamps with swans handles. 24
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Located in New York, NY
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Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps

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An Elegant Pair of French "Paris" Porcelain Green Painted Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
by swan-form handles; raised on a flared base above a bronze plinth; with black and white painted
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Located in London, GB
Very large impressive pair of French antique marble and gilt bronze table lamps in working order
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Pair of Empire Vases, France, Hyppolyte Heizler
By Hippolyte Heizler
Located in Madrid, ES
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Roman Bronze Oil Lamp
By Fonderia Sommer Napoli
Located in Stamford, CT
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Bronze

Roman Bronze Oil Lamp
Roman Bronze Oil Lamp
H 5.25 in W 6 in D 9.5 in
Wondeful Pair of French Dore Bronze, Swan Handled and Cut-Crystal Urn Lamps
Located in Roslyn, NY
An elegant pair of French Dore Bronze swan handled lamps with cut crystal urn center with 2 lights
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Crystal, Bronze

Fine Pair of French Diamond Cut-Crystal Urn Bronze Swan Ormolu Handles Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fine pair of neoclassical crystal urn form lamps with bronze swan ormolu handles, raised on top
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20th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Elegant Porcelain Urn Swan Lamps by Chapman
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Elegant table lamp with a blown Murano glass baluster with gold & bronze swan head handles
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20th Century Italian Table Lamps

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Murano Glass

Wonderful French Pair of Cut Crystal and Silvered Bronze Ormolu Mounted Lamps
Located in Roslyn, NY
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Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps

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French Neoclassical Pair of Bronze Crystal Empire Ormolu Urn Swan Handle
Located in Roslyn, NY
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Vintage 1920s French Empire Urns

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres Style Cobalt Blue Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Norwood, NJ
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

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Pair of 19th Century French Carved Variegated Marble and Gilt Bronze Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
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19th Century Antique Neoclassical Ormolu-Mounted Bisque Jasperware Vase
Located in Shippensburg, PA
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French Early 20th Century Cut Crystal & Bronze Lamps, Swan Neck Handles, 1920
Located in London, GB
mounted gilt bronze swan neck handles. Re wired for the UK French, circa 1920.
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Crystal, Bronze

Pair of French Bronze Etruscan Style Lamps, circa 1860s
Located in London, GB
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Antique 1860s French Table Lamps

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Bronze Table Lamp in the Form of a Classical Grecian Urn
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
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Neoclassical bronze oil burner
Located in Hudson, NY
Neoclassical bronze double nozzled oil lamp with palmette handle and swan atop a lid.
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Bronze

Neoclassical bronze oil burner
Neoclassical bronze oil burner
H 7.5 in W 13.5 in D 6.25 in
A mid-century ormolu and crystal swan table lamp
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
A baluster vase with fire-cut crystal body and neck with ormolu handles in the form of swans on a
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20th Century Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

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Bronze Swan Handles Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of bronze swan handles lamps available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique bronze swan handles lamps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and stone. Bronze swan handles lamps have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. neoclassical, Empire and Louis XVI bronze swan handles lamps are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made bronze swan handles lamps over the years, but those made by Capodimonte are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Bronze Swan Handles Lamps?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,200, while they’re typically $198 on the low end and $28,500 highest priced.

Finding the Right table-lamps for You

Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.

After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.

After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons

Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today

If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.

Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.

Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.

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