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Material: Ormolu
Antique Sevres Porcelain Royal Blue Ormolu Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres style "Bleu Royale" porcelain and ormolu mounted vase circa 1870 in date, later converted into a lamp.
In Louis XVI style, of baluster form with wolf...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique French Sèvres Gilt Bronze Porcelain Vase Ormolu Pompador Pink Table Lamp
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sevres Soft Paste Porcelain and Ormolu Twin Handle Electric Table Lamp of traditional Urn form, and of large size proportions, rai...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze Early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of medium to large proportions, now converted to a Stunning Pair of Electric T...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Mantle Vases with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of compact size proportions, (se...
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19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamp
By Edmé Samson
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain vase and cover, ormolu-mounted in lamp
Polychromed design of birds, foliages and branches in cartouches, the ginger jar on a yel-low and...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Antique Grand Tour French Empire Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware Ormolu Urns Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Stylish Pair of Grand Tour French Pate-sur-Pate Jasperware and Ormolu mounted French Urns of Museum quality and of French origin, now converted to a Pair of Electric...
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Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Sevres Porcelain Blue & Gilt & Ormolu Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique French Sevres style Cobalt Blue hand-painted porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled vase, circa 1880 in date, later converted into a lamp.
The large ...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A Suite of Four Theodore Deck Ormolu-Mounted Celadon Green Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Suite of Four Theodore Deck Ormolu-Mounted Celadon Green Porcelain Lamps – In the Chinese Taste
This rare suite of four Theodore Deck ormolu-mounted celadon green porcelai...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Stylish Pair of Patinated Ormolu Bronze Dore Electric Table or Mantle single light Lamps of French origin, professionally re-wired for electricity, mid Nineteenth Ce...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair of French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Candlesticks Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly standard proportions, now converted to a Stunn...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sevres Style Cobalt Urns, Now As Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sevres Cobalt Urns, Now As Lamps
France, circa 1880
An exquisite pair of 19th-century Ormolu-mounted Sevres cobalt urns, now converted into lamps. Originating from France around 1880, these lamps stand 24 inches high to the top of the sockets and 19 inches high to the top of the vases. Each urn measures 8 inches wide and 5 inches deep.
These pieces exemplify the finest quality enameling and feature hand-painted Boucher vignettes on the front, signed by the artist J. Lubar. The backs are adorned with charming Boucher-style putti vignettes, adding to their artistic allure. The urns are complemented by finely cast ormolu wreath handles, enhancing their elegance and sophistication.
Each lamp is raised on a 5-inch enameled cobalt ormolu...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Chinese 18th Century Qianlong Ormolu Mounted Lamps
Located in Newark, England
Lampshades can be provided at an additional charge.
Famille Rose Decoration with a Jade Finial
From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this pair of Chinese 18th...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Jade, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Exquisite Pair! Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps! Brass Porcelain
Located in Peoria, AZ
Decorator Delight!
PAIR!
Frederick Cooper
Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Brass, Ormolu & Porcelain
Wow! What an exquisite and elegant pair of Frederick Cooper lamps...
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps
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Brass, Ormolu
Antique French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Electric Table Lamp
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine and Imposing French Heavy Gauge Neoclassical Ormolu Vase now converted to a single Electric Table Lamp of tall proportions and of outstanding quality, third quarter of the Ninet...
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19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Antique French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Gilt Bronze Dore Table Urn Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning imposing Pair of French Sevres Soft Paste Porcelain and Ormolu Twin Handle Electric Table Lamps of traditional bulbous form, and of good size proportions, raised on a very o...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair French Serves style porcelain lamps, 1890.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual burgundy coloured pair of late 19th Century French Sevres style porcelain vases / lamps. Each with classical scrolling gilded decoration, gilded ormolu maidens to either s...
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19th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Vintage Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamp Blue Red
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Traditional Japanese Imari hand decorated Porcelain Vase of seldom seen double gourd form glazed porcelain, of generous proportions, now converted to an Electric Table Lamp,...
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19th Century Japanese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each most stunning Crystal lamp is raised by a mottled square Ormolu base ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu
Antique Set Four French Doré Bronze Neoclassical Ormolu Candlesticks Lamps 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine and quite rare Set of Four (two identical pairs) French Ormolu and patinated Bronze early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly st...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. blue Sévres Porcelain, Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each beautiful lamp is raised on a fine square Ormolu base with concave corners and a socle pedestal above which displays draping acanthus leaves, fluted designs around the neck, and a band of foliate decorations above. Supporting the cobalt blue Sévres Porcelain body is a dentil patterned Ormolu bottom mount. The porcelain body is adorned with scrolling foliate Ormolu handles on either side. The socle shaped Ormolu top cap is decorated by a laurel vine band...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp Bronze Satyr
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sevres Soft Paste Signed Porcelain and Ormolu with Twin Handles modelled as a Satyre, Electric Table Lamp of traditional bulbous form and of outstanding quality, and ...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Gilt Bronze Renaissance Revival Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb large French antique Renaissance Revival ormolu table lamp, circa 1870 in date.
It is relief cast with grapevines, cherubs and acanthus leaves, the serpentine handle rising to a seated winged amorini and descending to a mask at the figural relief cast body with waisted stem and terminating in a circular base.
This gilt bronze 19th century ewer...
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1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Blue-Ground Porcelain Vases Fitted as Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A fine quality pair of French Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases mounted as lamps in mottled blue-ground glaze. Resting on square ormolu base with garland band and ormolu banded ...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by ormolu foliate designed topie feet. The octagonal white Carrara mar...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Pair French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Figural Candelabra by Henri Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century neoclassical Greco-Roman style patinanted bronze and ormolu mounted figural candelabra by Henri Picard (French, Active from 1831-1864). The large and impressive pair of ten-light candelabra, each with a patinated figure of a standing bearded semi-nude male holding an ornate ormolu ten-light candelabrum, their bare feet resting on allegorical wreaths, helmet and sword stash, all above square black-slate plinth surmounted with ormolu trims and scrolled legs, the front surmounted with patinated bronze plaques depicting Greco-Roman scenes of Senators and maidens. Stamped "H. Picard" on the inner ring, the back of the male figures each stamped with the numerals "3776". Circa: Paris, 1850-1860.
The well regarded fondeur and doreur Henri Picard was recorded at 6 rue Jarente in 1831, and moved to 10 rue de la Perle in 1839. The firm, which was active from 1831-1864, is known for having supplied very fine decorative objects to Emperor Napoleon III's apartments at the Louvre, which are still part of the collection, and was reputed for its fine quality decorative production of gilt and patinated bronzes, pièce de table and garnitures de cheminée...
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19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Bronze, Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and celadon Porcelain lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and celadon Porcelain lamps. Each stunning pâte sur pâte Porcelain lamp is raised by an exceptio...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
A 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Style Samson Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Style Samson Porcelain vase and cover, ormolu-mounted in lamp
Polychromed design of flowers and foliages and branches and vases, the ginger jar on...
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1880s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Ormolu Corinthian Column Sinumbra Base Table Lamps, France, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite pair of neoclassical Corinthian column form table lamps converted to electricity in the early 20th century from circa 1825 French Sinumbra oil lamp bases, the lost-wax-c...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful pair of whimsical French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble lamps. Each lamp is raised on a foliate topie feet below the circular base with protruding rectangul...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Dutch Delft Blue and White Lamp
By Delft
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacul...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
19th Century French Ormolu Candelabra Lamp With Tole Shade
Located in Farmingdale, NJ
Exceptional casting. Truly stunning 19th century French candelabra converted to lamp with a great tole shade.
Tole shade is showing paint losses but free from dings or damage other...
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1890s French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Large Pair of French Restauration Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Candelabra, Horses
Located in New York, NY
A large and fine pair of French restauration ormolu and patinated bronze four-light candelabra, with Marly Horses, after Guillaume Coustou, circa 1820.
Very fine, elegant and chic...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Early 19th Century Tall Gothic Ormolu Table Lamp
Located in Richmond, London
Extremely rare early 19th Century Gothic Gilt Bronze Table Lamp in the manner of English architect, designer and artist Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. England, circa 1840. Exception...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair French Empire Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, 1830s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair French Empire Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, Dombrowski Fabricant Rue St. Honoré 343 a Paris, Circa 1830s
A magnificent pair of French Empire Ormolu and...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
French Sèvres Porcelain Watteau Scene Ormolu Cobalt Blue Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Sèvres soft paste signed porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamp of traditional bulbous form and of outstanding quality, and good size proportions, raise...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps.
Pair of elegant antique French Empire bronze four light candelabras converted to table lamps. The outstandi...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari circular form hand painted Porcelain Vases of quite generous proportions, now converted to a Pair of Electric Table Lamps. First half of the ...
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19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Antique French Napoleon III Ormolu Mounted Red Marble Lamps w/ Silk Shades
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair antique French Napoleon III Classic style red marble and ormolu mounted lamps with handmade silk shades, circa 1875-1885.
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular white Carrara marble base with a beaded...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Large 19th century French empire bronze ormolu table lamp
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Tall 19th century French empire bronze ormolu lamp, circa 1860.
Here we have a lamp of the finest quality, previously would have been a gas lamp but converted to electricity in the ...
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Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Vintage Pair Corinthian Column Ormolu & Glass Table Lamps Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an impressive vintage pair of ormolu and glass classical corinthian column & urn table lamp, circa Mid 20th Century in date.
Each lamp features a classical urn capital with ...
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Mid-20th Century Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Early 20th Century Green Marble and Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Richmond, London
A superb quality gilt bronze mounted urn in Verde Antico marble, now fitted as a table lamp. France or Italy, late 19th – early 20th century.
Why we like it
This table lamp is crafted from rare Verde Antico marble, quarried in Larissa, Thessaly, Greece. Known for its deep green color and distinct white and black veining, this marble is valued among collectors and designers for its unique character and scarcity. The stone is paired with finely cast gilt bronze mounts that provide a pleasing contrast and add subtle elegance to the piece.
Verde Antico marble is considered rare and historically significant. The Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones at Oxford University Museum of Natural History catalogue entry 566. (143.2) reads: “Another of a lighter green, with white and more definite black markings. The two amazing tables in the Galleria degli Animali in the Vatican Museum are of this type. (Very rare).” Image attached to the listing.
The Galleria degli Animali, or Hall of Animals, was created during the papacy of Pius VI (1775–1799) as a “stone zoo” of sorts, using ancient sculptures that were often restored and occasionally reimagined. This ambitious project brought together prominent artists of the 18th century, including Francesco Antonio Franzoni from Carrara. The artworks in this space reflect themes of nature and hunting, with coloured marbles chosen to suggest the textures and colours of animal fur, feathers, or to create eye-catching contrasts. See last two images in the listing.
Combining Verde Antico marble with high-quality gilt bronze accents, this lamp is a distinctive piece that brings historical character and timeless appeal to any space.
May be wired for any country. Lampshade not included.
Height without shade: 53 cm / 21 in.
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of Meissen Figures Mounted as Rococo Ormolu Candelabras
By J.J. Kändler
Located in New York, NY
A pair of original Meissen figures circa 1765 modeled by J.J. Kändler. Depicting a young couple holding baskets with bright pastel glazes. Later mounted on cast in rococo style Frenc...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu lamps. Each stunning vases mounted into a lamp is raised by a circular Ormolu suppo...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French Chinoiserie Turquoise-Blue Porcelain Encrier Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The underside of the cherry-blossom decorated palanquin forming the shade over the court figure with phoenix resting on the gilt-bronze mounted carton Pierre panel.
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Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of French Jewelled White Marble and Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Ormolu-Mounted marble lamps
In the Louis XVI style
Each lamp of exquisite proportion, the ovoid marble bodies with a Grecian wave ormolu...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Ormolu Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu & Marble Candelabra Beurdeley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted and white marble three-light candelabra (now electrified), ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Marble, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Cobalt Blue Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. cobalt blue Sèvres porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a square ormolu base with elegant and unique fi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair Antique French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Gilt Bronze Dore Table Urns Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and imposing pair French Sevres soft paste porcelain and ormolu twin handle electric table lamps of traditional Urn form, and of good size pr...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Pair of Late 19thC Gilt Brass & Porcelain Oil Lamps
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Late 19thC Gilt Brass & Porcelain Oil Lamps of aesthetic design with twin side handles enclosing Pate Sur Pate oak leaf and acorn ceramic globes fitted with brass burners ...
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
French Gilt Bronze Baroque Style Candlestick Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French gilt bronze baroque style candlestick lamp.
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Early 17th Century French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique French Brass and Porcelain Table Lamp with Ormolu, circa 1890
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique French porcelain and brass table lamp with shade, France circa 1890.
Impressive mirror noir vase lamp with a gilded brass ormolu base and acanthus leaf detail. The body feat...
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Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Brass, Ormolu
Pair of French Neoclassical Cut Crystal Urn Bronze Swan Ormolu Handles Lamps
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fine pair of French neoclassical cut crystal urn form and gilt bronze-mounted swan ormolu handle large lamps with crystal lid and square base.
In the...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Ormolu Table Lamps
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Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze
Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain & Gilt Ormolu Lamp C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain & Gilt Ormolu Lamp with Courtiing & Landscape Scenes C1880
Measures - 35 1/2" x 20" x 20"
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Ormolu
Antique Bleu Celeste Sevres Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning large antique French Sevres hand-painted porcelain and ormolu mounted vase circa 1870 in date, later converted into a lamp.
The ovoid porcelain body is painted...
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1870s French Antique Ormolu Table Lamps
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Onyx, Ormolu
Antique Ormolu Table Lamps and Other Ormolu Lighting for Sale on 1stDibs
Able to double as task lighting, table lamps can illuminate darker corners of a room, and antique ormolu table lamps and other ormolu lighting can be incorporated into a variety of spaces.
Your style of decorating doesn't have to necessarily have to be rooted in neoclassical design in order to tastefully introduce ormolu — while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu table lamps, desk lamps and other ormolu furniture and decor are still widely loved by contemporary designers and collectors.
What is ormolu?
Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu table lamps, clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”
“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”
From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material.
If you're looking to bring a touch of this 19th-century pizzazz to your desk, an antique ormolu table lamp is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room, and a well-crafted ormolu table lamp does more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Today, antiques collectors and interior designers seek out the finest in ormolu clocks and continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour.
“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.
Find antique ormolu table lamps, ormolu floor lamps and other ormolu lighting on 1stDibs.
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