Bronze Hinks English Empire Banquet Lamp, circa 1840

A pair of figural banquet lamps offer torchiere form with ebonized figural cherub column support, gilt foliate accents, 20th century. Measures- 39''H x...

An antique Victorian banquet lamp offers cranberry glass ruffle rim shade over base having matching glass font with hand painted flower...

Antique Gilt Bronze Solar Lamp in the Manner of Cornelius with Foliate Embossed Base and Cut Glass Shade, Electric, C1840 Measures- 30.5''H x 8''W x 8''D

An antique Arts and Crafts banquet table lamp offers faceted glass shade with stylized leaded glass design over brass balustrade form base, c1910 Measures - 28 1/2" h x 13w x 13d

An antique American Empire Greco banquet dining table offers flame mahogany construction in Neoclassical form with drop leaf dining top over carved urn form double pedestals and rais...

An antique argand table lamp offers cast brass and bronze base with font having floral finial and surmounting base with flared and faceted plinth with two arms terminating in lights ...

A very fine pair of mid-Victorian parcel gilt bronze oil lamps, by Hinks, each modelled as a bearded warrior dressed in the style of a Saxon king with a crowned helmet, broadsword and double-headed battle axe, standing in front of a slender scroll support surmounted by a cut glass oil reservoir, all set on a shaped ormolu base encircled with a victor’s wreath of oak leaves, and raised on an octagonal bronze base, converted to electricity, stamped ‘Hinks & Sons Patent’ on the fitting. English, circa 1860. Footnote: James Hinks (1816-1905). Leaving home at 16 he tried many trades from wood turning, japanning, brush making, die sinking, medal making and even being a pub landlord, before manufacturing oil lamps. Working from the Crystal Lamp Works, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, he was joined by his son Joseph and renamed the company ‘James Hinks and Son in 1862’. They won a patent for ‘improvements in lamps’ the following year and swiftly launched the ‘Patent Duplex Lamp...

Pair of gilt bronze and black marble lamps, circa 1840.

Empire style lamp in two patinas bronze in cassolette shape decorated with gadroons and surrounded with three ram heads finished by hoofs. Cassolette topped by a fluted shaft and fin...

Painted with flowers on a white ground, the reverse with vertical panels with bell flowers alternating with gold panels, with mask lion handles, mounted on painted wood stands.

Circa 1804-1815 first empire bronze dore lamps with curved handles and lion heads. Attributed to Claude Galle a French Bronzier. The urn itself is sixteen i...

Antique desk lamp / table lamp Empire circa 1900, gold-plated bronze. Solid bronze, fire-gilt, France circa 1900. Table map with 2 sockets, elect...