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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
17th Century Carved French Walnut Wine Press Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Dating to the 1600s, this French wine press screw has been repurposed into a very unique floor lamp. Based on the size of the piece and the well-carved decorative elements, the press...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Linen
Large Cube Shaped Glass Floor and Table Light by Carlo Nason, 1970
By Carlo Nason
Located in Rijssen, NL
Wonderful high-end large cube glass table or floorlamp. Thick textured glass. Designed by Carlo Nason, 1970.
This cube is a real eyecatcher and fits in various interiors. Illuminate...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Gold-Plated Glass Light Fixtures in the Style of Brotto, Italy
Located in Rijssen, NL
This stunning set light fixtures with textured glass bowls and gold-plated fittings was produced in the 1970s in the style of Brotto. Illuminates beautifully. Elegant and fine, it is...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate
Maria Theresa Crystal Chandelier Antique Classic Clear Glass
Located in Berlin, DE
Presenting our beloved old chandelier, lovingly and professionally restored in Berlin. Its electrical wiring is suitable for use in the US, as it has been re-wired and is ready to be...
Category
European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Wire
Fine Set of Four George III Ormolu Mounted and Cut Glass Wall Lights
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A fine set of ormolu-mounted and cut glass three light wall lights the oval back plates surmounted with a notched cut container supporting the main receiver plate, this supporting tw...
Category
British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Large Venini Style Glass Sconces with Triedi Crystals, 1969
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of Venini style glass sconces with triedi crystals, manufactured in circa 1970 (late 1960s and early 1970s) featuring seven crystals clear glass "triete" prism-rods, each en-gir...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Chrome
white rabbit
Located in Milano, IT
Wall lamp consisting of a pair of oval white porcelain plates with decorations, white wooden rabbit and ceramic roses.
LED band around the smaller plate.
Hanging system via metal rin...
Category
Italian Arts and Crafts Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
Precious Italian 18' Century Giltwood and Crystal Chandelier Genova 1760
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant and finely carved gilt-wood central base with 8 "S" scrolled gilt bronze arms decorated with hundreds of precious crystal drops creating garlands joined by different levels ...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Cut Glass
18th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Crystal Chandeliers
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 18th century Italian gilt brass and crystal chandeliers. Featuring glistening crystals on a beautiful brass base. These are sure to...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Set Of Four Caldwell And Company Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces
Located in Essex, MA
Each with shaped backplate and five arms. With the Caldwell Stamp of a C within a Polygon.
Category
American Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Late-Gustavian Chandelier with Blue Bowl
Located in Ljungby, SE
A high-quality late-Gustavian chandelier with six arms. The burnished gilded central ring is adorned with lion mask carvings and fleurons. The top features a so-called "bishop's mitr...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Brass
Marbro Oxblood Elephant-handled Chinese Urn Table Lamp Sangre de Boeuf Regency
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Marbro company was founded by Morris Markoff and his brother, hence the name "Marbro" from Markoff brothers. They started the company shortly after WWII. The company was located in a 3 story brick building in the garment district of Los Angeles, just south of Downtown right by the Santa Monica Freeway. During the time they ran the company, they sold almost as many antiques as they did lamps.
Marbro sold their products mainly through interior designers and a few upscale furniture stores. Most of the products were built to order. A typical order from a designer or retailer took between 75 and 90 days to complete.
Most of the components that made up the lamp bodies (ceramic, brass, glass, etc) were purchased from small companies and antique dealers around the world. For the most part, none of the bodies were made on site. . Italy was the source for alabaster, Japan and China for Porcelain, Brass in India and Crystal from Germany and France. Lamps would also be made from sculptures that customers brought to in to the shop.
Once the lamp bodies arrived, a group of Marbro employees would make the wood bases, spin the metal caps, make the shades, and do the painting and tinting. With the help of about 20-40 other true world class artisans, metal workers, finishers and handmade shade makers, they produced lamps and shades that were truly some of last of their kind of art.
Here we have an astonishing example of Marbro production. This mid to late 18th century lusciously oxblood lacquered "sang de boeuf" Chinese urn was almost certainly a custom commission by a client, the owner of the Qing urn. The exceptional quality of the urn, it's size, gentle proportions, the even application of the oxblood glaze (especially over the stunning elephant handles) are of a quality that I have not seen before in a lamp.
The Marbro artisans truly did right by their client, as they allowed the exceptional form and color of the Chinese antique take center stage. The simple base follows the proportion of the body yet perfectly echoes the angle and curve of the elephant trunk handles.
Victorian lampshade...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Cast George III Period Sterling Silver Candlesticks Elizabeth Cooke 1763
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1763 by Elizabeth Cooke, this attractive pair of cast, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Candlesticks stand on stepped bases, featuring gadroon borde...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian 18th Century Florentine Chandelier
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Six arm Italian 18th Century carved Florentine candle chandelier.
With its original silver gilding and delightful green painted decorative elements, recently electrified.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Giltwood
1 of the 3 Golden Solid Brass Bumling by Anders Pehrson for Atelje Lyktan, 1960s
Located in Rijssen, NL
1 of the 3 Bumling pedant lamps Produced in Sweden by Ateljé Lyktan, 1960s Design Anders Pehrson. Diameter 15.8 inch/40 cm. Complete with acrylic diffuser.
In very good vintage cond...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Venetian Murano Glass Chandelier
Located in Brussels, BE
Venetian Murano glass chandelier.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Murano Glass
18th Century Japanese Bronze Tōrō Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
18th-Century Japanese bronze tōrō lantern with recently updated wiring.
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Italian Genovese Chandelier, Gilded Wood, Wrought Iron, and Crystal
Located in Charleston, SC
This elegant eighteenth century Rococo Genovese Chandelier is constructed of a hand-carved giltwood center stem, crowned with a six beaded crystal floral corona. The chandelier arms ...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Iron
Pair Fine French 1970s Square Glass and Chrome Flush Mounts by Jean Perzel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Perzel - A fine pair of mid-century square "Queen's Necklace" flush mounts / ceiling lights made with rough laid glass slabs set between two chrome frames and a bottom white opa...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Chrome
XVIII Century Pair of Touchers in Gilt Woodwork converted in lighting appliqués
Located in Lisboa, PT
XVIII Century Pair of Touchers in Gilt Woodwork Converted in Lighting Appliqués
Carved and gilded wood touchers from XVIII century Spain are exquisite examples of craftsmanship and ...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Venini Style Glass Sconces with Triedi Crystals, 1969
By Venini
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of Venini style glass sconces with triedi crystals, manufactured in circa 1970 (late 1960s and early 1970s) featuring seven crystals clear glass "triete" prism-rods, each en-gir...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Chrome
Original Maria Theresien Rococo Chandelier, Leaf Gilded, Newly Restored
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Unelectrified carved chandelier, leaf-gilded on poliment-ground, 8-flames. Newly restored. This is a original item of the time of Maria Theresia and Mozart
Can be electrified on dem...
Category
Austrian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Gold Plate
Set of Four Italian Neoclassical Angelic Medallion Silver Gilt Prickets, C. 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
Set of four Italian Neoclassical angelic silver gilt tin prickets with central bulbous fluted columns, acanthus foliage, decorative medallions, interior iron supports, and resting on...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron, Tin, Silver Leaf
18th/19th Century Pair of Russian Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of end of 18th/early 19th century Russian neoclassical figural gilt and patinated bronze candelabra.
Gilt-bronze circular pedestal on rectangular plinth, the base with neoclassical foliate frieze, the pedestal with surrounding frieze of stylized female masks with Russian-style headdresses, which are connected by draperies. Each pedestal with the patinated bronze figure of either a young man or a young woman in classical garments, each holding a baluster vase from which emerge naturalistically designed, cast and chiselled branches of leaves and roses, the rose flowers serving as bobeches for candles.
The detailed and naturalistic design of the rose branches...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Late 18th C Italian Empire Double Pricket Chandelier
Located in Charleston, SC
A late-18th century Italian empire chandelier featuring two tiers supporting twelve arms. Fine chains of crystal swags hang from the candle arms, bobeches, and decorative metal leave...
Category
Italian Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Tôle
Venetian Carved Giltwood light Torchiere Candleholder Floor Lamp Collectible LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Venetian Carved Giltwood light Torchiere Candleholder Floor Lamp Collectible LA. Very Fine and Rare Pair of 18th Century Hand Carved and Gilt w...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wood
Fine Late 17th Century Delft Garlic Vase Lamp
By Delft
Located in London, GB
An early nineteenth century painted pine chest of drawers, in excellent serviceable condition.
English, early nineteenth century.
Category
German Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Delft
Lantern Handheld Portable Carrying Brass Repousse Georgian Glazed Candle
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Rare survival of a personal object made for practical everyday use. Although they would have been made in fairly significant numbers, surviving handheld, portable brass lanterns fo...
Category
English George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair Exquisite Opaline and Paint Decorated Table Lamps W/ Opposing Dancing Lady
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of opaline and paint decorated table lamps. Noted for its rich iridescence, opaline resembles mother-of-pearl with it's milky opalescent lus...
Category
French Hollywood Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
Rare Pair of Palatial Italian Carved Wood Walnut Torchieres
Located in Montreal, QC
Pair of Italian carved wood torcheres with traces of gilt paint Italy:
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Walnut
Antique Russian Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exquisite and superbly detailed gilt bronze and crystal chandelier for candles, can be electrified.
Category
Russian Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Genoese Church Gilded and Crystal Chandelier
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Genovese Louis XVI chandelier in carved and gilded wood, circa 1780, similar to the chandeliers in the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa. It consists of a central shaft in turned, carved and g...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Wall Sconces
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian neoclassic 18th century gilt wall sconces with 10 (3-tier) scroll form arms with acanthus leaf carving emanating from a carved wall bracket.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wood
Candleholders Italian Tall Rococo Period 18th Century, Italy
Located in New York, NY
A pair of candleholders made during the Rococo period in Italy. Decorated with carvings and hand painted in silvery gold color and light coral red.
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wood
Set of Louis XVI Wall Lights made of Gilded Linden Wood
Located in Hannover, DE
This beautiful and rare set of two wall lights is sure to delight you. The lamps were lovingly handcrafted from European linden wood in the traditional style of the 17th century. The...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf
Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Original
Located in Praha, CZ
- A very decorative table lamp from the Art Nouveau period
- Metal bracket with wooden surround
- Beautiful glass shade adjustable in inclination
- ...
Category
Czech Art Deco Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Metal
Two Brass Candlesticks, Probably German, 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Two brass candlesticks with balustraded shafts and drip trays with spikes. The candlesticks are not identical in their design, but complement each other decoratively to form a harmon...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Brass
Candlesticks English Spiral Oak Brass Brown 19th Century England
Located in New York, NY
Ljusstakar spiral English early 19th century oak. Brass candleholder.
Category
Swedish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Oak
Antique Venetian Pendant Chandelier Ceiling Hanging Glass Lantern Light 18th C
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Antique Venetian pendant chandelier ceiling hanging glass lantern light 18th C. / early 19th century Venetian library chandelier pendant colorful ha...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Unique 1970s Hand Cast Murano Glass Wall Sconces in Antique Brass
By Mazzega
Located in LA, CA
Unique sconces with hand cast curved, textured clear glass shades with organic amber accent and exposed lamping. Round backplate and neck in antique brass.
Thomas Cooper Studio repr...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Brass
Lantern with iron arm and painted sheet metal
Located in Milano, IT
Nel XVIII secolo, non essendoci l'elettricità, l'illuminazione era affidata alle candele. Venice, like today, had no roads but waterways, which also allowed people to reach homes. Th...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
18th Century Varennes Chandelier with 6 Lights in Bronze and Crystal
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This chandelier is typical of the chain chandeliers of the 18th century, as for example the arabesque chandelier of the Palace of Versailles datin...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Regency Ribbon and Eagle Wall Lights
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency design carved gilded wood wall light in the form of a splayed eagle standing on acanthus brackets, supported by stylised ribbons.
Bespoke sizing, design adaptations and ...
Category
British Regency Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of candlesticks or candle holders. Bronze. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of candlesticks. Bronze. France, 18th century.
Pair of candlesticks made of bronze that have a polygonal base, stepped upwards and towards the center and enhanced with smooth m...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Bronze, Other
Gilded Bronze Cage Chandelier With Peacock Feather Glass Tassels Circa 1800
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Gilded Bronze Cage Chandelier With Peacock Feather Glass Tassels Circa 1800
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Metal
Lead Pidgin, 18th Century Swedish
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare lead pidgin that was used as a counterweight when hanging chandeliers. The pidgin was above the chandelier or lantern towards the roof. When candles were to be changed you pul...
Category
Swedish Gustavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Lead
18th Century Italian Empire Style Repousse and Crystal Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Exceptional 18th century Italian Empire style Brass and crystal basket style chandelier. Featuring glistening crystals and a repousse' Greek key design around the base. Stunning!!
Category
Italian Empire Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Brass
17th Century Italian Carved Painted Seven-Arm Forged Floor Lamp Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique candleholder was created in Italy, circa 1680. The tall freestanding candelabra has not been wired but features seven wrought iron curved arms with wood bobeches to hold candles for a dramatic effect. The turned base sits on three curved feet for stability. The Baroque candelabra...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Wrought Iron
18th century antique silvered candle cage crystal chandelier in style of Karl VI
Located in SON EN BREUGEL, NL
A beautiful and rare chandelier, so-called "lustre d'église".
Cage-shaped frame, probably metal tinned. This method dates back to ancient times.
With 4 candle arms and 4 cage arms.
...
Category
Austrian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Late 18th Century Set of Four Italian Baroque Silvered Giltwood and Tole Sconces
Located in Charleston, SC
A Set of four late 18th century Italian Baroque sconces, circa 1790, with silvered giltwood cartouche bases and three patinated brass and tole candle arms. The Baroque tole arms where made to left off the sconces to be carried to other rooms. The sconces have recently been cleaned and rewired with new porcelain sockets. The Italian silver gilt has some gold gilt tones through out the finish.
Additionally, there are four matching sconces...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Silver Leaf, Tôle, Brass
Antique Pair of Italian Chandeliers
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An exceptional pair of Antique Italian Chandeliers made out of Gilded Patinated Wood, probably from an Italian Church in Tuscany,
the chandeliers have a very refined design and there...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Fruitwood
Russian Six-Light Chandelier, Late 18th C.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare Russian chandelier made in the late 18th c. The turquoise central blown glass "urn" is painted with garlands etc in a typical Louix XVl design. The lower white glass bowl is g...
Category
European Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Iron
17th Century Orange Blue White Japanese Arita Ware Charger Plate
Located in Lomita, CA
This Japanese Export porcelain charger is singular and speaks for itself in a beautiful palette of soft orange, blue and white. It is remimiscent of Imari, but the appraisers say it is from a 17th or 18th century kiln in Arita Japan. The colors are vibrant and clear, and there are no chips or other damage to this beautiful piece.
Arita ware...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Arita Imari vase / lamp.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari porcelain vase / lamp. Having wonderful bold colouring to the classical motif decoration to the boarder...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
18th/Early 19th Century Islamic Blown Glass Mosque Oil Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1785, Middle Eastern hand painted and blown glass Mosque lamp, 18th / early 19th century, the stunning blue glass mosque oil lamp having a large flared rim, o...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Blown Glass, Paint
Bronze Candle Holder, 17th-18th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Candlestick. Bronze, XVII-XVIII centuries.
Candlestick made in bronze with circular base and shaft combining discs, balustrade shapes, smooth areas, concave and convex moldings of d...
Category
European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Bronze
Chandelier Wood Rustic Swedish 18th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chandelier wood rustic Swedish 18th century, Sweden. A chandelier made in Sweden during the 18th century. Body in wood with candleholders in metal for 16 candles.
Category
European Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Basket Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare 18th century Italian gilt tole and crystal 12-light basket chandelier from Tuscany. Cira 1780. The chandelier has been professionally rewired, comes with matching chain and cano...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lighting
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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