Late 18th Century Table Lamps

Italian table lamp model LT328 designed by Carlo Nason for Mazzega vetri di Murano composed of 4 pulegosi glasses and metal base, Italy 1970s Note that the lamp is original to the ...

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...

An extraordinary, highly important pair of continental European or Spanish Colonial polychrome and gilded carved wood figurative table lamps. Originally hand-sculpted in Italy or Mex...

Called a "lampe bouillotte" in French, this late eighteenth century Louis XVI period lamp was originally used for the card game of the same name, la bouillotte, which became popular ...

Banker lamp with a green and removable lampshade.

Lovely, huge and beautiful pair of white Murano table lamps with pink stripes. These pieces were made during the 1980s, Italy. Each table lamp...

A pair of XVIII Century Italian carved and gilded candlestick lamps, with brown silk cord and switches.

Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacul...

A large English Baroque carved lamp with traces of the original gilding, in a dry, country House condition. Wired with an antique gold silk cord with switch.

Available for your consideration are these extremely rare French brass and crystal Girandole pair from the late 1700s, that's correct - original French Empire candle girandoles. Thes...

Pair of English bronze and Wedgewood two tiered candelabras with cascading prisms, cobalt blue beads, three scrolled arms, original bobeches, acanthus ...

Pair of English three arm Sheffield Candelabras with trumpet floral finial , chased scrolled floral arms, and resting on chased floral wood bases. Candelabras have been converted ...

A magnificent pair of antique French Louis XVI period, 18th century gilt bronze and white Carrara marble figures of maidens mounted as Lamps. This magnificent pair of gilt bronze fig...

With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775: Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...

This is a charming pair of period 18th century. Louis XV gilt bronze figural chenets that have been mounted on impressive and hefty Lucite plinths and fitted as lamps. The opposing b...

A pair of Italian late XVIII Century, carved and silver leaf candlestick lamps.

18th century, Pair of Neoclassical Italian carved and gilt wood candlesticks Dimensions: H 98 cm (height without iron candle holder: 86.5 cm) x W 27 cm x D 25 cm This refined pair ...

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...

Pair of bronze candlesticks on a tripod base resting on lion's paws, and at the top, the point used to fix the candle Period late 18th early 19th century Wear from use, one of the ...

A wonderful quality pair of late 18th Century Japanese Arita porcelain Imari vases, each with wonderful bold colouring, depicting inset panels of exotic flowers within a ground of cl...

Pair of Vintage French Gold Gilded Column that have Mounted on to square Base and French Wired includes two Large Silk Shades Circa: 1980

Monumental Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Urn Table Lamps with Classical Relief. The bodies are crafted from black basalt, a fine-grained, unglazed stoneware developed by Josiah Wedg...

Set of 4 George III Ormolu and marble Chambers pattern Neo classical Griffin Candlesticks and gartinure. Sir William Chambers was the court architect to George III.

Unique antique cast stone pair of sconces, some wear due to aging, one light on ea. American wire.

18th century, French bronze three-light candelabra with female figures This three-light candelabra is made of patinated and gilt bronze. It was made in France in the 18th Century....

Pair of Quebec turned and carved maple pricket candlesticks, on tripodal bases, later adapted to electricity and fitted with custom parchment shades.

18th century Silver leafed, carved wood handled urns converted to lamps. On new bases with custom parchment shades.

Gilded Empire Lamp Bases 1700 Set of Four Palm Vases with square base and circular turned and carved body made of pine wood, water-gilded in fine gold leaf on red bole preparation. T...

A good quality pair of late 18th century Japanese Imari vases / lamps. Each with classical pagoda building, exotic flowers and birds, raised on out swepted ormolu bases.

Set of two large 18th century Neoclassical giltwood vasesa pair of carved and giltwood handled centre vases, on square base, portapalme realized in carved Cembran pinewood with Neoclassical foliate motifs carved with vegetal patterns. Could be mounted as large table lamps or used as decorative vases. This pair of antique lamp bases...

A fine pair of late 18th century Chinese export porcelain vases, now mounted as lamps, with polychrome decoration throughou...

A pair of 18th century Italian Solomonic gilded columns with fruit and vines carved surround. The columns are circa 1780 and themselves are twenty seven inches long.

The cloisonné enamel bronze vase is mounted in table lamp. The quality of the piece is very interesting as an object by itself. The shape is unu...

Pair of Murano glass in the style of Seguso, Italy, circa 1970. Dimensions given without shade No shade provided.

Vistosi table lamp Murano glass brass, 1970, Italy.

REDUCED FROM $3250...Exquisite carving and detail highlight this pair of Italian Baroque silver gilt corner altar prickets as table lamps. Heavily carved and finished on one side, th...

An elegant and understated bidriware vase with fine engraved silver surface, the thin neck with protruding collar, the main body profusely decorated with a rested pattern of vertical...

Water gilded and urn form converted into lamps. Two light socket.

Stunning, one of a kind, 19th century hand-painted decorated Black Chinese porcelain vase lamp with double hung socket, brass cap on turned shaped wood base. Circa 1820.

Italian bronze lamp, circa 1780. Originally would have been a fountain head. Wonderfully aged patination. Aged brass lamp holder stem. Scrolling a...

18th century, pair of French two-light gilt bronze candlesticks Measurement: H total 35 cm; H base 10,5 cm x W 8,2 x 8,2 cm; W putti 16 cm x D 10 cm The splendid pair of candlestic...

A striking pair of 18th Century Chinese Mandarin porcelain vases/ lamps, each with a powder blue and gilded decoration ground. Inset hand pa...

Italian reliquary holders surrounded by rococo carved and gilded wood with bronze dore bases. Repurposed into lamps at a later date. Circa 1780 to 1820. The reliquary size only is s...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1780-1800 rootwood carved statue of Buddha which has been made into a table lamp A very good looking and decorative piece, the style is quite neutral so it would look amazing in any setting. This lamp came from Athelhampton House which is a very substantial estate with an amazing history, have a look at the huge sideboard...

These trumpet vases are European and were made to copy Chinese porcelain vases being exported to Europe from China. This pattern is known as Batavia and is characteristic with th...

A superb gilt bronze figural lamp base, signed Clodion, 1775. France. Dimensions: Height 39", diameter of base 12 1/2 CW4115.