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Art Deco Bronze Elephant Lamp on Black Marble Base/Murano Millefiori Glass Ball Shade / Circa 1930's

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    Posted 11 years ago

    mikelv85
    (1230 items)

    I cannot believe I found this. It was sitting on the shelf at VOA this morning right at eye level. I had seen these before online but they had mostly been the Pixie and Harlequin figures. I would have really loved to find one of those ! This one has an elephant with ivory colored tusks. Don't believe they're real ivory, feels like a composite of some kind .The shade is mounted to his back. It just pulls off to change the bulb. I don't know who made the elephant and base (no marks or labels) but the shade is Murano Millefiori. The only damage is someone cut the power cord off leaving only about 4 inches. An easy repair and I can't wait to see it once it's finished ! -Mike-

    Thanks to fellow CW member Phil (PhilDavidAlexanderMorris) for pointing me in the right direction on some info about this piece.

    Courtesy of "Antiquebookends.net"

    "J.B. Hirsch Company"

    The JB Hirsch story begins in 1907 with the New York Art Bronze Works in Manhattan’s lower east side. The founder of the company, Romanian metalsmith, Joseph B. Hirsch,
    began importing pieces directly from French foundries. Around that period, foundries with close ties to the talented artists and sculptors of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, began producing their now famous works in “French Bronze.” Some of the finest talent throughout Europe trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, exhibiting their works at the Salon de Artistes and other great Salons in Paris, the center of the art world.

    Between the wars, during the 1920s and 1930s, an entirely new modern style of decorative art emerged, using a combination of bronze and ivory. With the ban of ivory in the early 1930s, ivorine or celluloid (predecessor of plastic) was used in its place. The ivory or ivorine representing exposed flesh and the bronze or spelter representing clothing. The combination of “French Bronze” (spelter) and ivory or ivorine were fully exploited during the Deco period using events of discovery (opening of King Tut’s Tomb in the 1920s), celebrities, athletes (1936 Olympics), children, the fashions and costumes of the period by Erte and Gerdago, and dancers from the Ballet Russe, pointed me in this direction in

    Found this one that sold on Ebay.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Art-Deco-Italian-Murano-Millefiori-Glass-Lamp-with-Elephant-on-Marble-/261231820361

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    Comments

    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 11 years ago
      stunning!!!!
    2. mikelv85 mikelv85, 11 years ago
      Thanks czechman. It sure is :)
    3. Justanovice Justanovice, 11 years ago
      Nice find mikelv85!!!:)
    4. nldionne nldionne, 11 years ago
      One word WOW!
    5. mikelv85 mikelv85, 11 years ago
      Thanks nldionne and everyone for the loves ! Don't forget today is " National Thrift Store Day" Get out there and find those treasures ! :)
    6. nldionne nldionne, 11 years ago
      You have got to be one of the luckiest thrifters ever. Wow national thrift store day huh! Finally a holiday I can relate to! Well I do love national pancake day:)
    7. mikelv85 mikelv85, 11 years ago
      Finally got the electric cord repaired on the lamp.(see new pics) Took the cord off an old broken electric clock I had which had this nice vintage cord and plug on it. Even the old wire matched. I wanted to keep the original wire that was left. I just added the inline switch to join them together. Presto ! Let there be light and it's beautiful ! :)
    8. kerry10456 kerry10456, 11 years ago
      VERY NICE, love the way t lights up. thanks for sharing!!
    9. Aimathena Aimathena, 10 years ago
      I saw this and instantly thought of your lamp
      http://www.ebay.com/itm/301050235187
    10. Radegunder Radegunder, 10 years ago
      Real Nice!!
    11. mikelv85 mikelv85, 10 years ago
      Thank you Radegunder :)
    12. Vintagefran Vintagefran, 9 years ago
      Gorgeous Mike. What a great find. You must have walked in at just the right time:) I love charity shops as its not 'first come first served', like antique fairs or bootsales, the shelves can be filled at any time during the day, so everyone has a chance of finding a bargain :)
    13. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      Thank you Fran...it sure was :)... I think I would rank this as one of my top ten greatest finds !

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