An Unusual Early 20thC French Naturalistic Cast Bronze & Brass Lamp as a Queen of the Night Cactus

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An Unusual Early 20thC French Naturalistic Cast Bronze & Brass Lamp as a Queen of the Night CactusOrigin: French Period: Early 20thC Provenance: From the estate of the late Nellie Lenson Smith (1928 2017) Date: c. 1920 35 Height: 41. 5 Depth: 17 Width: 15. 5 (all at extremities) The good quality patinated bronze and brass table or floor lamp modelled as a large flowered Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandifloras) cactus, having three brass spined arms flowering to the bulb apertures, on a naturalistic heavy bronze base, surviving from the

Carpeaux infused his sculpture with a previously unseen freedom and immediacy

at the time

She has a rather quizzical yet relaxed expression and has certainly been painted to appear young and attractive

nor make a beautiful chair”

Provenance:

This iconic mushroom was commonly found on Christmas cards in Victorian and Edwardian times as a symbol of good luck

This example would therefore suggest it had been shot by a visitor and could possibly be as old as mid eighteenth century

Perfect for bloomers

Canvas Width: 13 inches

survives from the early to middle part of Victorian period England

An attractive and wonderfully tactile 12 inch folding rule with white metal pin

1860 to the late 19th century