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Material: Ormolu
Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
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19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Antique Pair Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Green Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Oil Lamps with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of medium proportions, (see last image in s...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Vintage Pair of French Glass Ormolu Table Lamps 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant pair of vintage French ormolu and glass table lamps, mid 20th century in date. These elegant lamps have a sophisticated moulded glass body with splendid  high-lig...
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Mid-20th Century French Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Antique Gilt Bronze Renaissance Revival Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a truly superb large French antique Renaissance Revival ormolu table lamp, circa 1870 in date. It is relief cast with grapevines, cherubs and acanthus leaves, the serpentine handle rising to a seated winged amorini and descending to a mask at the figural relief cast body with waisted stem and terminating in a circular base. This gilt bronze 19th century ewer...
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1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Dutch Delft Blue and White Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Dutch Delft blue and white lamp. Beautiful large Delft faience vase mounted as a lamp with bold floral decoration and borders with spectacul...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Early 20C American Dedham Style Sang de Boeuf Pottery Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
By Chelsea Keramic Art Works
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS AND EXTREMELY RARE Lamp of small to medium proportions. In the shape of a Lidded Chinese Ginger Jar/Urn, heavily influenced by Chinese design with gilt bronze mounts and base in the Chinese style. CLASSIC Oxblood or ‘Sange de Boeuf’ Pottery. Very nice table lamp. IMPRESSIVE and VERY DECORATIVE ! From circa 1920 and we believe American made, probably by the Hugh C..Robertson for Dedham Pottery...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Ormolu Chinese Table Lamps Pair
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Pair of Chinese Cantonese Hand Decorated Porcelain Mantle Vases with ornate Ormolu bases now converted to Electric Table Lamps, of compact size proportions, (se...
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19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Pair Ormolu Hand Carved Bovine Candlesticks Table Lamps Chinese Japanese
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine and quite rare Pair of Asian Hand Carved Bovine and ormolu early Victorian Single Light Candlesticks of tall slender form and fairly large proportions, now conv...
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19th Century Chinese Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Silver Plate, Ormolu

Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair 19th Century French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Candelabra Lamps. Pair of elegant antique French Empire bronze four light candelabras converted to table lamps. The outstandi...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Large French Ormolu Gilt Bronze Lamp c1880 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a antique monumental finely cast antique French ormolu lamp now converted to electricity, circa 1880 in date. The triform base candelabra lamp has a trifrom paw foot baseswi...
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1880s Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Exquisite Pair! Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps! Brass Porcelain
Located in Peoria, AZ
Decorator Delight! PAIR! Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Table Lamps Brass, Ormolu & Porcelain Wow! What an exquisite and elegant pair of Frederick Cooper lamps...
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps

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Brass, Ormolu

French Gilt-Bronze Neoclassical Bouillotte Lamp with Tole Shade
Located in Pembroke, MA
Very nice quality, French, Louis XVI style gilt bronze Bouillotte lamp with green painted tole shade, (19th century). The lamp features nicely chiseled acanthus leaves, garlands, cen...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Bronze, Tôle

Pair of French Louis XVI Style White Marble Gilt Bronze Swan-Handle Urn Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Louis XVI Style White Marble Gilt Bronze Swan-Handle Urn Lamps A grand pair of French Louis XVI-style urns, dating to the late 19th century and later mounted as...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

French Chinoiserie Turquoise-Blue Porcelain Encrier Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The underside of the cherry-blossom decorated palanquin forming the shade over the court figure with phoenix resting on the gilt-bronze mounted carton Pierre panel.
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Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra with Putti Holding Floral Bouquets
Located in Pembroke, MA
Pair of candelabra with winged putti, each supporting a floral bouquet, on top of marble base. Each putti is patinated bronze and the bouquets are gilt bronze. The floral bouquet has...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

American Dedham Style Pottery Sang de Boeuf Gilt Bronze Table Lamp
By Chelsea Keramic Art Works
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous and extremely rare early 20th century American Dedham pottery oxblood & gilt bronze table lamp of large proportions. In the shape...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Bronze Ormolu Ewer Vase Electric Lamp Maner Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine and Imposing French Heavy Gauge Ormolu & Bronze Renaissance revival style ovoid form Ewer now converted to a single Electric Table Lamp of tall proportions and of outstanding qu...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Ormolu Corinthian Column Sinumbra Base Table Lamps, France, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite pair of neoclassical Corinthian column form table lamps converted to electricity in the early 20th century from circa 1825 French Sinumbra oil lamp bases, the lost-wax-c...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Metal, Brass, Ormolu

Neoclassical Black and Ormolu Bronze Sinumbra Base Table Lamp, circa 1835
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An unusual and finely cast circa 1835 English William IV or French Louis Philippe period ormolu and black-patinated solid bronze table lamp of columnular form, the base originally us...
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1830s European Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze, Ormolu, Wire

A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th Century Chinese Style Samson Porcelain vase and cover, ormolu-mounted in lamp Polychromed design of birds, foliages and branches in cartouches, the ginger jar on a yel-low and...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Vases or Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Chinese 19th century Famille rose vases / lamps. Each with a blue and yellow ground, panels depicting exotic birds and flowers. Gilded ormolu lids and bases in...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Large 19th Century Rose Medallion Vase or Lamp, Ormolu Mounted
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive 19th century Chinese rose medallion / canton vase / lamp, having wonderful gilded ormolu scrolling foliate Rococo style mounts with putti seated on either side. The...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Antique Pair Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari Bulbous Form Porcelain Vases of medium to large proportions, now converted to a pair of electric Table Lamps, complete with ormolu stepped ci...
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19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Figural Candelabra by Henri Picard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century neoclassical Greco-Roman style patinanted bronze and ormolu mounted figural candelabra by Henri Picard (French, Active from 1831-1864). The large and impressive pair of ten-light candelabra, each with a patinated figure of a standing bearded semi-nude male holding an ornate ormolu ten-light candelabrum, their bare feet resting on allegorical wreaths, helmet and sword stash, all above square black-slate plinth surmounted with ormolu trims and scrolled legs, the front surmounted with patinated bronze plaques depicting Greco-Roman scenes of Senators and maidens. Stamped "H. Picard" on the inner ring, the back of the male figures each stamped with the numerals "3776". Circa: Paris, 1850-1860. The well regarded fondeur and doreur Henri Picard was recorded at 6 rue Jarente in 1831, and moved to 10 rue de la Perle in 1839. The firm, which was active from 1831-1864, is known for having supplied very fine decorative objects to Emperor Napoleon III's apartments at the Louvre, which are still part of the collection, and was reputed for its fine quality decorative production of gilt and patinated bronzes, pièce de table and garnitures de cheminée...
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19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Marble Candelabra Beurdeley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (French, 1847-1919) A very fine pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted and white marble three-light candelabra (now electrified), ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French Chinoiserie Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Oil Lamps
Located in London, GB
Each oil lamp in this pair is wrought from gilt bronze and Bayeux porcelain and is designed in the chinoiserie style so prominent in French art during the latter 19th century. Each l...
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19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Bronze

French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Empire st. Bronze and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most impressive French 19th century Belle Epoque Period Empire st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble lamp. The stunning candelabra mounted into a l...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This exquisite urn mounted into a lamp is raised by a square base with a foliate decorated socle shaped p...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Ormolu

French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most delightful and high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This elegant lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base below a finely chased circular socle...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu candelabras. Each high quality six arm candelabra is supported by a circular pierced foliate decorated bas...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candlestick Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century bronze & ormolu Candlesticks, having fishscale engine-turned sconces above tapering stems with spiral engine-turning supported on circular bases. (Now...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by ormolu foliate designed topie feet. The octagonal white Carrara mar...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Antique French Sevres attr Hand Painted Porcelain Gilt Ormolu Lamp C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres attr Hand Painted Porcelain & Gilt Ormolu Lamp with Courtiing & Landscape Scenes C1880 Measures - 35 1/2" x 20" x 20" A striking antique French lamp from circa ...
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Late 19th Century North American Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair French Empire Ormolu Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, 1830s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair French Empire Ormolu & Patinated Bronze Fluted Column Lamps, Signed, Dombrowski Fabricant Rue St. Honoré 343 a Paris, Circa 1830s A magnificent pair of French Empire Ormolu and...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine circular feet below the impressive square base with concave corne...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Rock Crystal Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and finely detailed French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Rock Crystal lamp. This lamp is raised by a square Ormolu base with a column above. The bottom plinth of t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Rock Crystal, Ormolu

Antique French Louis XVI Revival Ormolu Mounted Marble Table Lamp 1860s
Located in London, GB
A beautiful French Louis XVI revival ormolu mounted marble table lamp, Circa 1860 in date. This beautiful ormolu mounted boldly veined breche violette mable table lamp is decorated...
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1860s Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

True Pair of French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Ormolu and Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XIV st. ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an exceptional and most decorative curved or...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

French 19th Century Renaissance St. Porcelain and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and extremely decorative French 19th century Renaissance st. Pâte sur Pâte celadon colored porcelain and ormolu lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful finely detailed ci...
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble urns mounted into lamps, signed LÉON BOUCHER. Each lamp ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by elegant foliate top...
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19th Century Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

True Pair of French 19th Centurybelle Époque Period Ormolu Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and most decorative true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised by an elegant scalloped sha...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

French, 19th Century, Louis XV St. Ormolu and Alabaster Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most unique French, 19th century, Louis XV St. Ormolu and Alabaster lamp. The lamp is raised by a beautiful pierced scrolled foliate ormolu base with richly chased...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Ormolu

A Suite of Four Theodore Deck Ormolu-Mounted Celadon Green Porcelain Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Exquisite Suite of Four Theodore Deck Ormolu-Mounted Celadon Green Porcelain Lamps – In the Chinese Taste This rare suite of four Theodore Deck ormolu-mounted celadon green porcelai...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Neoclassical Koi Fish Table Lamp in Alabaster and Gilt Bronze Ormolu, 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Neoclassical Alabaster Lamp with Ormorlu and Bronze Motifs Sculptural solid gilt bronze koi fish and alabaster neoclassical design l...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Ormolu Table Lamps

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Alabaster, Brass, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and tole bouillotte lamps. Each three armed lamp is raised by a beautiful circular pie...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of French gilt bronze and patinated bronze candelabra French, 20th Century Height 108cm, width 37cm, depth 32cm A magnificent pair of 20th-century Empire-style candelabra, the...
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20th Century French Empire Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Late 19thC Gilt Bronze Mounted Table Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19th century gilt metal mounted table lamp, the burgundy porcelain body of tapering form with applied gilt metal acanthus feet leading to cherub masks - 14" diam x 26"h - The la...
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1890s English High Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. White Carrara Marble and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. white Carrara marble and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by a circular white Carrara marble base with a beaded...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by e...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very high quality and elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and ormolu candelabras mounted into lamps. Each lamp with an ormolu square base supports a richly chased ormolu pedestal with reeded sides and bottom laurel leaf band...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large Pair of Ormolu and Malachite Rhino Table Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Large pair of ormolu and malachite rhino table candelabra French, 20th Century Height 134cm, width 55cm, depth 49cm This remarkable pair of candelabra is ...
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20th Century French Ormolu Table Lamps

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Malachite, Ormolu

Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th century Napoleon III Empire style patinated-bronze and gilt-bronze Mounted Allegorical covered Urn vases lamps in the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomir...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Marble Ormolu Candelabra Henri Vian
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial pair of French 19th century Louis XV style marble and gilt bronze mounted four-light figural candelabra by Henri Vian, (French, 1860-1905). The ovoid marble ...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Faience Porcelain Table Lamp Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt bronze and Faience porcelain three-light candelabra table lamps. The ovoid porcelain urn hand decorated in floral burgundy...
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French Antique Gilt Bronze and Porphyry Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of French antique gilt bronze and porphyry lamps French, Late 19th Century Lamps: Height 87 (tallest) / 75cm (shortest), diameter 21cm Shades: Height 32cm, diameter 50cm This...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Porphyry, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century Rococo Ormolu Griotte Marble Candelabra, Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century Rococo Revival style gilt bronze and Rouge Griotte marble six-light candelabra attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1810-1892) After a mode...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Late 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Porcelain Lamps
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Nice Quality Pair of Late 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Mounted Chinese Porcelain Lamps Fine bronze mounts separate the six painted panels decorated with chinoiserie figures in ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Monumental Single Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated Seven-Light Candelabra
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Single Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Patinated Seven-Light Candelabra, Paris, Circa 1880 A large scale single Louis XVI style ormolu and patinated seven-light candelabra, ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Ormolu Table Lamps and Other Ormolu Lighting for Sale on 1stDibs

Able to double as task lighting, table lamps can illuminate darker corners of a room, and antique ormolu table lamps and other ormolu lighting can be incorporated into a variety of spaces.

Your style of decorating doesn't have to necessarily have to be rooted in neoclassical design in order to tastefully introduce ormolu — while demand for the material and/or technique was at its peak in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries, ormolu table lamps, desk lamps and other ormolu furniture and decor are still widely loved by contemporary designers and collectors.

What is ormolu?

Ormolu is a brilliant form of decorative trickery. To the untrained eye, ormolu table lamps, clocks, jewelry boxes and other ormolu furniture and decor look like they're made of solid gold. But those in the know recognize ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — as having been essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

“Most commonly, ormolu refers to a bronze object that has been covered with gold, typically 18 karat or 24 karat,” explains Jamie Sinai, director of the antiques specialist Mayfair Gallery, in London. “For that reason, ormolu is sometimes called gilt bronze or, in French, bronze doré. Strictly speaking, however, the term ormolu also denotes the technique of applying gold to a metal.”

“The word comes from the French or moulu, which translates as ‘ground or powdered gold’ — the form the gold takes before it is applied to a metal surface.”

From the court of King Louis XVI to that of Napoleon I, the French elite snapped up furniture mounted with ormolu, as well as sconces, candelabra and table lamps made from the material. 

If you're looking to bring a touch of this 19th-century pizzazz to your desk, an antique ormolu table lamp is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room, and a well-crafted ormolu table lamp does more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Today, antiques collectors and interior designers seek out the finest in ormolu clocks and continue to prize ormolu for its extraordinary craftsmanship and history-infused glamour. 

“This wondrous material was highly sought after in France as the ultimate luxury. It magically resembled solid gold and sparkled under candlelight,” says Sinai.

Find antique ormolu table lamps, ormolu floor lamps and other ormolu lighting on 1stDibs.