French Ceramic Fuel Lamp with Birds and Floral Design, 19th Century
An antique French ceramic fuel lamp, late 19th century the shaped faience base transfer decorated with birds on flowering branches upon a wheat ground, the brass mounts embossed with foliate and scroll borders, with glass chimney and burner mechanism. Height 21.26 in.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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kerosene / oil lamps, material
- brass 305
- pottery, porcelain 97
- kerosene / oil lamps, type - French 112
