Vienna Porcelain Blue Ground Painted Duplex Oil Lamp.
Auction Date: March 18, 2022
Sold for: $300
Lot: 3686
Germany.
Circa 1890, with later electrificatin circa 1970.
Four parts moulded and painted in the ground color, with extensive gilding and faux pearls. Globular reservoir painted in polychrome enamels with two squat ovular cartouches, Cleopatra with putti in grassy clearing, and extensive bouquet, the standard designed as an Ionic column, painted with a fairy and putto and another bouquet, the cylindrical ankle on stepped base, terminating in four scroll feet to corners. With frill engraved shade and chimney. Now electrified.
The oil lamp knobs marked P A DUPLEX. Underglaze blue beehive mark to base.
Approximate dimensions: 31 1/2 H..
Condition: section of upper column terminate broken off and reglued, oversprayed.