A fine pair of French Aesthetic Barbotine pottery brass mounted lamps, possibly Limoges, circa 1900, each pottery lamp decorated with raised slip flowers, mounted with Greek key pierced brass mounts, base 16.54 in. high and 31.50 in. with shade (2)
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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