Oriental Terracotta Ginger Jar Elephant Handles Table Lamp Hollywood Regency

Asian Chinoiserie Style Pair of Off-White vintage glazed ceramic Table Lamps with Elephant 2D Motives and deeply incised base. UL Listed, each Lamp takes a regular or LED Light bulb....

Pair of gorgeous chinoiserie table lamps attributed to Stiffel porcelain vase form body and featuring a classic brass torchiere and pedestal. Origina...

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...

Vintage table or accent lamp features an elephant standing on the oval base with its trunk lifted up while holding a baluster or candlestick shaped column. The lamp is sculpted with great attention to detail; the elephant's gear and the baluster detail are highly ornate and decorative. The elephant is decorated in deep espresso brown finish that complements the gold finish on the base and the baluster detail. The lamp's design is influenced by both Victorian and Hollywood Regency styles; sculptural, playful lamp will make a perfect addition to a wide range of interiors, from Traditional to Victorian, Transitional, Hollywood Regency, Glam, Grand Millennial, Collected, or Contemporary. The lamp is fully operational, very good vintage condition; it comes with the original harp and gold ball finial. It is reminiscent of beautiful Maitland Smith elephant...