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Material: Ceramic
Pair of Sang De Boeuf Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1950's French sang de boeuf lamps with wood bases.
Measurements:
Height of body: 16.5"
Height to shade rest: 26"
Diameter: 7".
Category
1950s French Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$4,800 / set
Set of 3 MidCentury Studio Pottery Ceramic Pendant Lamp from Palette Design, 60s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Three studio ceramics pendant lights from Palette Design.
Functional lights and at the same time imposing objects. The design language muts organically. The peculiarity is here u.a....
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Wedgwood Black Basalt Urn Table Lamp
By Wedgewood
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th Century English Wedgwood Black Basalt Urn Table Lamp
Stunning Wedgwood black porcelain urn of very fine quality. One of the highest pottery ...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Scandinavian Flush Mount Ceiling Lamps, 1950s
Located in Oslo, NO
Wonderful pair of ceiling lights on a porcelain base with shades in crystalized glass. Designed and made in Norway from circa 1950s first half. Both lamps are fully working and in go...
Category
1950s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
A pair of table lamps by Einar Johansen for Søholm
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of stoneware table lights, by Einar Johansen for Søholm, Denmark, 1950's/60's.
Signed and marked by manufacturer.
Newly rewired.
Category
1960s Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Stoneware
French Art Deco Style Table Lamp – White Crackled Ceramic – 1970s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French Art Deco Style Table Lamp – White Crackled Ceramic – 1970s
NOTE: A PLUG ADAPTER FOR AMERICAN OUTLETS IS INCLUDED. LAMPSHADE NOT PROVIDED
Description:
This is a beautiful Fre...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Pair Elspeth Cohen for Lapid Pottery Patterned Mustard Table Lamps, 1960s
By Lapid
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of Elspeth Cohen for Lapid Pottery Works Tel Aviv, Israel Table Lamps.
Featuring Mustard toned glazed Pottery bottle forms, hand accented vertical zig zag motifs in Brown wash w...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Modern Ceramic and Brass Italian Floor Lamp
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An hand-painted and brass floor lamp designed and manufactured in Italy in the Fifties, brass it's in original patina, the hand painted ceramic it's in perfect condition. The floor h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lamp With Ceramic Vase Base and Floral Motif.
Located in Seattle, WA
This White toned Ceramic Base has blu and green floral detailing hand painted onto it. Two handles. Light Bulb not Included. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured.
Dimen...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Elegant Italian Mangani Porcelain Chandelier – 5-Light, 1970s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Italian Mangani Porcelain Chandelier – 5-Light, 1970s
A beautiful and refined 5-arm chandelier by the distinguished Italian porcelain house Mangani Firenze, crafted in the 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Casa Wall Light No1
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Casa Wall Light No 1 in yellow
Designed by Project 213A in 2023
Artisanal ceramic light with textured finish, made in Project 213A's own ceramic workshop.
Each piece is unique due t...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$962 / item
Georges Pelletier 3 Flowers Sconces in White Enameled Ceramic
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Pair of 3 flowers sconces in white enamelled ceramic, as all the Georges Pelletier ceramics, this pair of sconces is bringing to your space an amazing ...
Category
2010s French Other Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Terre Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Located in Geneve, CH
Terre Matte Cream White Ceramic Table Lamp by Grès Éditions
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Lampshade: Ø 30 x H 22 cm.
Base: H 30 cm.
Materials: Ecru cotton and ceramic.
All our lamps can...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Cotton
West Lamp Pair, Contemporary Handmade Ceramic Glazed, White, Green, Red Clay
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a kind pair of “unmatched” ceramic lamps, thrown on the potters wheel and assembled by hand. Each lamp base is comprised of two different clay bodies and features a coppery gr...
Category
2010s American Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Danish Studio Pottery Table Lamp by Michael Andersen, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ceramic table lamp by the Danish manufacturer Michael Andersen from the 1960s.
A traditional design. The slim shaft widens downwards to form a foot. The foot has a floral ornament a...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Celadon Glazed Porcelain Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Celadon Glazed porcelain lamps with gilt bronze bases.
To the top of the vase 17.5 inch
Lampshades are not included
Category
Late 20th Century Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large 1970
s Italian Ceramic Lamps with an Incised Deign Pattern.
Located in New York, NY
1970's Pair of Large Italian ceramic lamps with a wonderful mottled blue glaze
and a decorative incised design pattern.
The ceramic lamp bodies sit on black bases with brass appo...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Pair of Ceramic Table Lamps by Søholm Stentøj with Modern Shades
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Pair of vintage table lamps made of coloured ceramic with different textures. These were made by the danish manufacturer Søholm Stentøj and are topped with modern lampshades
Søho...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
1940 French Tole Bronze with Ceramic Flowers Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
Charming French Tole Bronze Ceramic Flower Chandelier. Brass & Bronze Tole Chandelier all handcrafted adorned with handmade ceramic flowers of ...
Category
1940s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large Whimsical Glazed Ceramic Teardrop Lamp with Original Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large whimsical glazed ceramic teardrop lamp with original shade.
The dimensions listed are the overall dimensions of the lamp base with the shade. The base alone is 14 in. diameter...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of the 5 Multicolor Ceramic Table Lamps, Custom Silk Lamp Shades by R. Houben
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
One of the five ceramic table lamps, 1970s.
This set brings a rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shapes, it offers a unique presence.
The bases with warm, neutr...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Large Vintage Mid-Century Spanish Ceramic Table Lamp, Vivid Red Glaze, Manises
Located in Madrid, ES
On the outskirts of Valencia, Spain is the small city of Manises, recognized for its ceramics traditions for centuries. During the 1950s and 60s, various companies here produced line...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Double Horse Head Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho table lamp. A chic double horse head with a glazed ceramic finish. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Danish Modern Ceramic Table Lamp by Soholm, Denmark – Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Custom Linen Shade
Materials: Glazed Ceramic, Painted Wood Base, New Linen Shade
Dimensions:
34”H x 7”W x 7”D
Shade:
10"H x 17"W x 17"D
This strikin...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Large Italian Midcentury Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1960's Italian ceramic table lamp.
Measurements:
Height of body: 18"
Height to shade rest: 30.5"
Diameter: 10"
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Two Blue Floral White Ceramic Pendants, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Set of two handmade organic midcentury modern ceramic pendants glazed white with hand-carved and hand-painted blue flowers and leaves. Circular perforations along the top and bottom ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Kähler HAK Le Klint Tall Table Lamp Brown with Cane
Brass Danish Ceramic 1960s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Tall ceramic table lamp manufactured by the Danish ceramic workshop Kähler (HAK) in cooperation with Danish lampshade manufacturer Le Klint.
The lamp is made from unglazed ceramic ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
1 of the 7 Blue Brown Ceramic Table Lamps, Custom Silk Lamp Shades by R. Houben
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
One of the seven ceramic table lamps, 1970s.
This set brings a rich visual appeal to any interior. With its beautiful shapes, it offers a unique presence.
The bases with brown and ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Large 20th Century Ceramic Table Lamp by Marius Bessone Shiny Gold Color
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Marius Bessone - Vallauris
Large ceramic table lamp XXth century lighting
Original perfect condition
Shiny gold ceramic glaze color
Signed under the base
Original elec...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Yellow Floral Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1950's French floral porcelain lamps.
Measurements:
Height of body: 17"
Height to shade rest: 27"
Diameter: 8"
Category
1950s French Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$4,400 / set
Pair of Chapman Lamps
Located in Winnetka, IL
A pair of Chapman metallic glazed ceramic lamps with brass trim.
Category
1990s American Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
$1,000 / set
Mid-century blue ceramic table lamp Pierrot 1960s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Infuse your space with the allure of the 60s through this exquisite vintage Italian ceramic table lamp, affectionately named Pierrot. This piece exudes the captivating decor of the m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Glazed Ceramic Elephant Lamps - a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage glazed ceramic lamps. A charming elephant design in a deep rich brown. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Blanc De Chine Chinese Style Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Classic "Chinese" form, in Blanc De Chine - this lamp was originally purchased in the Parzinger showroom, however I am not able to document it as a Parzinger design. Chic, elegant an...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 German Geometric Ceramic Wall Ceiling Lights Flush Mounts Sconces 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Wonderful set of four sculptural ceramic flush mounts for wall or ceiling.
Germany, 1960s.
Lamp sockets: One E27 (US E26).
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Single HAN Style Lamp with Belgian Linen Shade
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful unglazed Han dynasty style vase of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The vase is from Z...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Han Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Pottery
Laurel Greek Key Ceramic Brass Table Lamps 1970s Hollywood Regency Neoclassical
Located in London, GB
A pair of identical and impressively tall table lamps by LAUREL imported from USA in the early 70s and have been in the same estate since.
They are made from a stylish cream cerami...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Vintage Capodimonte Chandelier, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Capodimonte (Naples) chandelier is decorative design object, realized in 1950s.
82 x 48 cm.
Working chandelier.
Good conditions!
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
Cubic psychedelic POP ART Fat Lava Wall Light by PAN CERAMICS, Germany, 1970 no2
By PAN Keramik
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Wall light sconce
Origin:
Germany.
Producer:
PAN Keramik
Age:
1970s.
Description:
Original 1970s modernist German wall light made of ceramic in fat lava optic. This super rare light was produced in the 1970s in a POP ART design with a mixture of colors in orange and brown glaze...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Hand-Painted Italian Porcelain Table Lamps by Le Porcellane, Florence
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant pair of Italian table lamps, entirely made of hand-painted porcelain by Manifattura Artistica Le Porcellane, Florence, Italy, circa 1980s. These lamps capture the refined spi...
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
Pair of Italian Majolica Hand-Painted Table Lamps w/ Mythological Motifs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Newly Rewired, New Shades
Materials: Hand-Painted Ceramic (Majolica), Metal Bronze-Finish Bases, New Shades
Style: Neo-Renaissance
This striking pair of Italian table ...
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
Very Rare Orange Ceramic Table Lamp Base from Kaiser Leuchten, Germany 1960s ---
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
These ceramic table lamp was designed in the 1960s.
We have a total of six table lamp bases from the Kaiser Leuchten Bubble ceramic series from the 19...
Category
1960s German Space Age Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair Chinoiserie Green Lanterns with White Porcelain Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Pair chinoiserie green lanterns with white porcelain flowers. Pair chinoiserie style green painted metal octagonal trellis form lanterns, with climbing white porcelain flowers and gr...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
Large Mid-Century Modern Turquoise Lava Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp after Fantoni
By Gambone Fantoni
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome very large Mid-Century Modern ceramic table lamp with a gorgeous turquoise lava glaze and its original shade done in the style of the famed Fantoni. This great lamp is in wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Metal
Chic Studio Ceramic Desk Lamp with Matching Charcoal Paper Shade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Textured, matte glaze studio ceramic desk or small table lamp with matching charcoal paper shade. Unique, elegant, and moody piece.
Dimensions listed are the overall dimensions of t...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Paper
Gordon
Jane Martz / Marshall Studios Ceramic Table Lamps, White Glaze
Located in Portland, OR
WHAT IS IT?
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This pair of Martz model no. 165-28-1 lamps arrives with white glaze bodies that are decorated with a top-to-bottom incised line pattern. The lamps are topped off with ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic, Linen, Walnut
Decorative Garniture Shellfish 1960 Table Lamp in Ceramic Representing a Fishes
By Vallauris
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Shellfish French 1960 Table Lamp in Ceramic Representing a Fishes Vallauris
Has to be re-electrified.
This can be use as a Decorative Garniture
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Sculptural Ceramic and Wood Table Lamp
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The vintage ceramic and wood baluster table lamp features elongated ceramic body with geometric textured pattern and defined round base, topped with the carved wooden neck. The mini...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Prancing Horse Tv Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
TV Lamps are a particularly iconic type of vintage home decor. Manufactured primarily in the 1950's and early 60's these little lamps were designed to sit on top of the television an...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$159 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Cobalt Blue Porcelain Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single circa 1920's French blue porcelain table lamp with gilt bronze fittings.
Measurements:
Height of body 15"
Height to shade rest 27.25"
Diameter 6".
Category
1920s French Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain
Coquete Floor Light
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
COQUETE FLOOR LIGHT, designed in 2025.
Large artisanal floor light made in Project 213A's own workshop. This piece has a hand-crafted base that is either finished in wood or ceramic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Oak, Ceramic
$5,051 / item
Noble Pair of Restored Lion Head Lamps in Terracotta and Brass, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptionally beautiful pair of large-scale stylized lion head lamps, circa 1970. Aged terracotta with natural calcium deposits which highlight wonde...
Category
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Brass
20th Century Pair of Bitossi Table Lamps for Bergboms Golden Enameled Ceramics.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of table lamps Bitossi design for the company Bergboms, glazed ceramic in gold and silver. It is divided into three rings, the upper and lower ceramic form circles of striped te...
Category
Late 20th Century Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Enamel
Tilgmans Keramik, Table Lamp, Stoneware, Sweden, 1960s.
Located in High Point, NC
A brown and yellow-glazed stoneware table lamp designed and produced by Tilgmans Keramik, Sweden, 1960s.
Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 14.25” H x 8” Diameter
Dimensions of Shade (inc...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of HAN Style Lamps with Belgian Linen Shades
Located in Jesteburg, DE
A beautiful pair of unglazed Han dynasty style vases of a very elegant form.
Expectedly mounted as lamp - US WIRED. High quality mount with a brass adjustable pivot joint.
The Lamp ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Han Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Danish Ceramic Up-Light Wall Sconces in Plum Magenta Glaze
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A pair of large ceramic up-light wall lights with a plum type magenta semiv-matté glaze. Manufactured in Denmark during the 1980s. E14 bulbs/sockets up to 40 watts. Measurements: W: ...
Category
1980s Danish Modern Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
White Ceramic Pendant Light, Organic Modern, Handmade, drop pendant, lamp
By Luft Tanaka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kawa Series one-of-a-kind Pendant Light by Luft Tanaka Studio
Tactile and textured porcelain pendant light in an unique and organic form. Translucent porc...
Category
2010s American Modern Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic, Clay
Pair of Swedish Ceramic Table Lamps by Luxus
Located in Karlstad, SE
Pair of bronze colored ceramic table lamps by Luxus, Sweden.
The shape of the lamps combined with the bronze surface gives the lamps a rough, Brutalist touch, typical for its age.
C...
Category
20th Century Swedish Brutalist Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
$3,006 / set
Flambe Ceramic Lamp, Cream and Plum, by Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
Rich tones of strawberry and calm shades of doe fall across the curvaceous form—traditionally called a plum shape--of our Flambe lamp, mounted atop a gold base.
This lamp’s flamboy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
1 of the 5 Ceramic Wall Lights by Pan Leuchten, Germany, 1960
By OTHR
Located in Rijssen, NL
Ceramic wall lights in Fat Lava style. Manufactured by Pan Leuchten, Germany in the 1960s.
The style of the glaze is called 'Fat Lava'. Which means the glaze is thick on some parts,...
Category
1960s German Space Age Vintage Ceramic Lighting
Materials
Ceramic
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