Edgar Brandt Style Bronze Snake Floor Lamp W/ Stained Glass Shade, 2 Available
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom snake lamp stylized after the original designed (sculpted) concept of Edgar Brandt.
1910s Antique Snake Lamp
Bronze
Edgar Brandt Style Bronze Snake Floor Lamp W/ Stained Glass Shade, 2 Available
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Custom snake lamp stylized after the original designed (sculpted) concept of Edgar Brandt.
Bronze
Bronze French “Snake” Table Lamp
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage golden bronze French table lamp dates from the early 20th century. A realistically rendered sculpted bronze coiled snake is holding the top ring of a hand hammered lamp ...
Bronze
Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" Urn Vase Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" urn vase lamp, circa 1900, Gilt and painted in colors, the baluster body decorated with "Deutsche Blumen" on both sides.
Porcelain
French Art Deco Alabaster & Snake Wrought-Iron Table Lamp, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
This rare French Art Deco table lamp, dating from the 1920s, is a refined example of modernist lighting and decorative craftsmanship.
Alabaster, Wrought Iron
Rare exquisite bronze floor lamp with entwined snakes, early 1900s.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Exquisite workmanship behind this bronze Floor Lamp, with decor of three entwined serpents / snakes.
Bronze
Pair of French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Lamps with Snake Handles circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Most obvious and striking are the entwined snakes, these of the most fine quality with articulation of each scale and chiseled texture even within the scales, full detailing of the u...
Onyx, Bronze
Attributed to E. F. Caldwell Lamps With Snakes And Turtles - A Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of lamps attributed to EF Caldwell, New York City. Many of Caldwell designs and productions had turtles attached to the tripartite base. Gilded Eagle finials attached to the sha...
Brass
Pair of Victorian Solid Cast Bronze Figural Cherub Oil Lamp Bases Holding Snakes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This matched pair of solid cast bronze figural cherub oil lamp bases are unmarked, but presumed to be made in the United States during the Victorian period.
Bronze
$3,451Sale Price / set|40% Off
Pair of Large Meissen Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
Germany, circa 1860 An unusual pair of large Meissen table lamps with scrolling snake arms, decorated with a cobalt blue glaze and gilding throughout.
Porcelain
French 1920s Snake Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous brass table lamp, with a snake column and lovely detail on the serpent's head.
Brass
French 1920s Snake Floor Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely stunning floor lamp after Edgar Brandt. With a snake charmer's 'basket' base, the body and face is beautifully detailed and life like.
Metal
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Snake Handled Lamp
Located in Seattle, WA
Late 19th century Meissen white porcelain urn with gilt accents and snake handles in the Louis XVI taste. Now converted into table lamp with lucite base and new wiring and fixtures.
Metal
19th Century Mythological Women and Snakes Wood Carved Lamps
Located in Nashville, TN
19th Century lamps of Walnut beautifully carved mythological ladies with snakes coiled around their bodies mounted on a square base with square lampshades.
Wood
Syrian Art Deco Snake (Cobra) Lamp, Ca. 1920 or Earlier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Syrians made a full compliment of brass lamps which were decorated by hand and ornamented with glass beaded shades, and sold all over the world. Over the years I've had table lamps a...
Brass
Antique Hand Painted Moorish Invasion Scene Porcelain Lamp
Located in Pataskala, OH
We refer to this lamp as the story lamp. The hand painted scenes show a scene of the invasion from by the Moors while the opposite side depicts a man engaged in a battle with a snake.
Bronze
Late 19th to Early 20th Century Giltwood Snake Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
A late 19th to Early 20th Century Aesthetic sculptural carved gilt wood lamp. A haven of spiraling seven snakes with garnet glass red eyes.
Wood
Edgar Brandt Style Bronze Snake Floor Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Stylized after the original snake lamp by Edgar Brandt, this lamp is made of custom hand cast bronze.
Bronze
Art Nouveau Loetz Serpent Table Lamp
By Loetz Glass
Located in Englewood, NJ
A whimsical Austrian Art Nouveau bronze and glass "Coiled Serpent" desk lamp embellished with a Loetz shade decorated with beautifully iridized gold oil spot decoration on a red stri...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Lamp with Snake
Located in Petaluma, CA
We find that many of our best art nouveau pieces come from Austria as is the case here. This nicely cast snake is holding a beautiful hand blown Austrian glass shade probably made by...
Bronze
Austrian Art Nouveau Snake Table Lamp
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian patinated bronze "Snake" table lamp of a coiled snake decorated with an extremely rare "Phänomen" decorated shade with iridized blue pulled feather decoration against an ...
Art Deco Bronze Snake with Art Glass Shade, Austrian, ca. 1920
Located in Petaluma, CA
This bronze snake lamp offers some of the most eye appealing characteristics.
Bronze
Impressive Gilt Laquared Tree with Serpent Snake Table Lamp
Located in Lincoln, GB
The lamp’s standout feature is its exquisitely crafted tree trunk base, which is adorned with intricate foliage and a serpent snake gracefully wrapping itself around the tree.
Metal
Pair of Meissen, Urn-Form Porcelain Vase Lamps with Snake Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of lamps, each a porcelain urn with gilt decoration, having entwined figural snake handles, lamped on later metal bases.
Porcelain
Pair of French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamps With Snakes & Roses
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamps With Snakes & Roses 12.5" x 13" x 29
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Gilt Serpent / Snake Table Lamp with Copper Roses
By Maison Jansen
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous and unique 1920s French Art Nouveau gilt over bronze serpent or snake table lamp embellished with lovely copper roses.
Copper, Bronze
Sold
H 24.25 in W 13 in D 8.5 in
19th Century, Meissen Neoclassical Cobalt Blue & Gold Snake Handle Urn Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen (German, founded 1710), circa mid 19th century. This stunning antique Meissen urn has been converted to a table lamp. It features a Neoclassical baluster form with gilt and ...
Porcelain
Sold
H 26 in W 17.5 in D 13 in
Tiffany Style Patinated Metal Lamp with Snake Form Base and Amber Glass Drops
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Style Patinated Metal Lamp with Snake Form Base and Amber Glass Drops
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H 20.25 in Dm 7.25 in
A Pair of Austrian Art Nouveau Snake Table Lamps Decorated with Loetz Shades
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Austrian Art Nouveau cast and patinated bronze "Snake" table lamps decorated with matching "Loetz" art glass shades.
Bronze
Sold
H 16.54 in W 8.27 in D 7.49 in
Art Nouveau bronze lamp nude with snake and flowers Henri Levasseur France 1900
By Henri Levasseur
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Nouveau bronze lamp nude with snake and flowers. By the French sculptor Henri Levasseur (Paris, 1853-1934) Patinated bronze on a marble base.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 13 in W 7.5 in D 4.5 in
Style Of Edgar Brandt Iron Snake & Ginko Table Lamp With Daum Nancy Glass Shade
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Toledo, OH
Style of Edgar Brandt forged iron lamp base with gingko leaf details and an applied coiled snake around the openwork base.
Iron
Pair of Alabaster Urn Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of alabaster urns with snake handles mounted as lamps.
Sold
H 8.27 in W 3.15 in D 5.12 in
Oriental Art Deco Sculptural Table Lamp with Pen Stand, Lady with Serpent, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Art Deco Table Lamp with Pen Stand, depicting lady with oriental dress facing upwards while holding a snake.
Ceramic
Sold
H 15 in W 8 in D 8 in
Majolica Electrified Vase Lamps with Snake Handles, Frog and Lizard Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of Majolica vase lamps with snake handles with frog, lizard, snail, butterfly and leaf decorations.
Brass, Wire
Antique Victorian Silver Inkstand 1880 Inkwell Desk Tidy Pen Tray
By Walter and John Barnard
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique Victorian sterling Silver Inkstand with a pair of Inkwells, a central rectangular box with a fitted lid supporting a small lamp with a snake handle. The Inkstan...
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Jeweled Snake Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An early 20th century solid brass lamp with a coiled snake or serpent holding the shade.
Brass
Pair of Late French Empire Marble and Bronze Tazzas Converted into Lamps
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of classical twin handled mid-19th century tazzas converted into lamps; the sea green marble bases with gilt bronze trim support a gilded urn with twin handles in the form of ...
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Porcelain Double Snake Handled Vase Table Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
This 19th century vase have a beautiful yellow color with gilt gold highlights and curled white snakes as handles. To become a table lamp the vase has been capped and set on a base.
Porcelain
Rococo Style Bronze Girandole Table Lamps with Snakes and Crystals
Located in Astoria, NY
Rococo style pair of gilt bronze girandoles with slithering snake motif and five twisting arms each. Attached rock crystal pendants and drops, atop urn-form standards supported on ro...
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Bronze
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H 28.35 in W 14.57 in D 14.57 in
Important Snake Lamps, Pair, circa 1900 Helosinware Vienna Kralik Style of Loetz
By Kralik Glassworks
Located in Vienna, AT
A very special fusing of different firms can be seen at this lamp: The huge shade of this lamp was produced by Kralik, the bowl in the foot was executed by Helosinware Austria and th...
Bronze
Portuguese Palissy Ware Snake Vase, now a Lamp
By Manuel Mafra 1
Located in New York, NY
This Portuguese majolica vase, now converted into a lamp, was made by Manuel Cipriano Gomes, called Manuel Mafra, in the revived style of famed French Renaissance potter, Bernard Pal...
Earthenware
Syrian Art Deco Snake (Cobra) Lamp, Ca. 1920 or Earlier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Syrians made a full compliment of brass lamps which were decorated by hand and ornamented with glass beaded shades, and sold all over the world. Over the years I've had table lamps ...
Brass
Wrought Iron Table Lamp with Snake Motif and Art Glass Shade
Located in Fairfax, VA
Handmade wrought iron base with snake lowering from the tree and blown glass shade table lamp.
Wrought Iron
French Art Deco -- Hand-Wrought Iron Desk lamp with Snake Motif
Located in San Francisco, CA
With its tree branch "arm" and tongue-flicking snake, this desk lamp demonstrates the French love affair with the natural world.
Wrought Iron
Large Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Table Lamp with Snake Decoration
Located in London, GB
A gilt bronze snake is attached to the central column. France, circa 1810.
Bronze
Wrought Iron Table Lamp with Snake Motif and Art Glass Shade by Daum
By Daum
Located in Fairfax, VA
Handmade wrought iron base with snake calming up form center of the leaf and Daum blown glass shade table lamp.
Wrought Iron
Sold
H 25 in W 16 in D 9 in
Antique Art Deco Period Snake Form Table Lamp with Amber Glass Beaded Shade
Located in New York, US
Our Art Deco period patinated bronze table lamp in the manner of Edgar Brandt is fashioned in the form of a coiled snake with hammered metal shade hanging from its mouth, with shade ...
Bronze
Pair of Sevres Urn Form Lamps
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of French Sevres Urn Lamps with Snake Handles in White Porcelain with gold gilt details. 16" to top bulb inset.
Porcelain
Pair Of French Empire Gilded Bronze Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of French Empire gilded bronze lamps with snake on stem and flame finial.
Ormolu
Pair of 19ths Century Electrified Porcelain and Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in Fairfax, VA
Pair of 19ths century turquoise blue porcelain with touch of gold table lamps. These beautiful lamps have fine bronze bases and snake handles.
Bronze
Sold
H 18.12 in W 15.75 in D 7.88 in
1930s Art Deco Italian Alabaster Snake Charmer Sculpture Lamp by E Battiglia
Located in London, GB
A wonderful Art Deco sculpture in the form of a seated female snake charmer. Her instrument and the snake being in bronze, the alabaster highlighted gilt in places. The top lifts fro...
Alabaster
Sold
H 16.25 in W 11 in D 6 in
Pompeii Style Patinated Bronze Tripod Oil Lamp Stand, Late 19th Century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This lively composition from antiquity includes an outstretched ibis standing on a tree entwined with a snake supporting two oil lamps. The tripodal legs are in the shapes of satyrs ...
Bronze
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$34,237
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
The Nativity of Christ
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Anonymous 15th Century Italian, Probably Milan area The Nativity of Christ Pigments, ink and gold leaf on vellum Unsigned as is always the case with illuminated manuscripts The Virgi...
Pigment
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze and Favrile Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Bronze and favrile Desk lamp Damascene iridescent glass with greens, blues, goals and silver. Fine reticulated and patinated bronze base. Original favrile pearl heat...
Bronze
Set of 12 English Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service Plates
By Royal Worcester
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.
Porcelain
$32,968Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$7,250
H 16 in W 22 in
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 5 in
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Ruby Papillon Glass And Gilt Metal Mounted Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Loetz For Boudon And Klur Gilt Metal Monted Glass Vase. A highly sought after vase culminating the zenith of Loetz and the Art Nouveau design. Czech Republic Circa 1900 Rubin Ruby P...
Metal
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.5 in Dm 24 in
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company Leaded Glass Peony Table Lamp C. 1915
By Tiffany Studios, Unique Art Glass Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique Art Glass & Metal Company (New York, active 1889-1917), circa 1915. This truly magnificent leaded glass table lamp which was produced during the time period after Louis Comfo...
Bronze
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
$70,563 / set
H 40.95 in Dm 17.72 in
Nineteenth Century Gilt Bronze Candelabra Pair, French or Russian
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of thirteen-flame candelabra France or Russia Second quarter of 19th century Cast, chiseled and gilt bronze Height 40.95 in (cm 104), diameter 17,7 in (cm 45) 97 lb (44 kg) Sta...
Ormolu
12 Antique Limoges Floral & Gilt Shaped Dessert Plates. Circa 1890
By Jean Pouyat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pretty set of first course or dessert plates by the re known Limoges firm of Jean Pouyat from the turn of the last century. A very versatile size and a great shaped plate accented ...
Gold, Enamel
$7,000
H 17 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Art Nouveau Ginko Leaf Vase Attrib to Paul Dachsel For Czechoslovakian Amphora
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Paul Dachsel was the son-in-law of Alfred Stellmacher, the founder of Amphora Pottery company in Turn-Teplitz, then in Austria. Very little is known or was written about Dachsel. He ...
Earthenware
$7,200
H 4.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
Tiffany Studios Bronze Table Lamp with Contemporary Lundberg Favrile Glass Shade
By Lundberg Studios, Tiffany Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Tiffany Studios patinated bronze table lamp base marked "Tiffany Studios 606". Paired with a contemporary green favrile oil spot shade signed Lundberg Studios 2015. Its radiant p...
Bronze
$8,400Sale Price / set|48% Off
1850s Rare Faience Dinner Service "Chevreuse" by Jules Vieillard
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exceptional rare dinner service of 92 pieces in fine French earthenware, made by the esteemed faience manufacturer Jules Vieillard of Bordeaux. The charming blue and white design ...
Earthenware, Faience
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.
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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.
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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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