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Material: 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamp. This impressive lamp is raised by a square bombee shaped Ormolu base with concav...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, 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

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 Japanese Chinese Imari Porcelain Ormolu Table Lamps Blue Red Gilt
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair Traditional Japanese Imari circular form hand painted Porcelain Vases of quite generous proportions, now converted to a Pair of Electric Table Lamps. First half of the ...
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19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Fine Pair of 19th Century Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases Oil Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of Chinese Export, 19th century porcelain bottle vases mounted with French ormolu as oil lamps. The well potted ovoid light pale-green porcelain pear...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French Victorian Porcelain Celadon Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian porcelain pate-su-pate celadon lamps with floral decoration and gilt bronze base and trim. (Originally oil now wired for electric)(PRICED AS Pair). Ships wi...
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19th Century French Victorian 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 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

Mid Century Antique Pair Italian Ormolu Silver Neoclasical Lamps atrib Gio Ponti
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptional and Handsome Pair of Italian Mid Century heavy gauge electric table Lamps of outstanding quality, firmly attributed to Italian designer Gio Ponti. Circa 1950s. The ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ormolu Table Lamps

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Silver Plate, 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

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

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 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

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

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

Wonderful Pair French Regency Cut Crystal Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Lamps
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Pair Of French Regency Style Faceted Cut Crystal & Ormolu Gilt Bronze Column Form Table Lamps, Completely Rewired With New Sockets
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20th Century French Regency Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Late 19th Century, Pair of Metal Column Table Lamps
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 19th century pair of metal column table lamps with ormolu mounted capitals on stepped square bases with a black gloss finish.
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Late 19th Century Irish Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Metal

A pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Tole Bouillotte lamps. Each wonderful candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on a circular Ormol...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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 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

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

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

pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu lamps. Each most stunning Crystal lamp is raised by a mottled square Ormolu base ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, Ormolu

Pair Antique French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Celeste Blue Jewell Table Urns Lamps
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and imposing Pair French Sevres soft paste Porcelain and Ormolu Twin scrolling Handle Electric Table Lamps of traditional Urn form, and of good size proportions, raised on h...
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19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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

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

Pair of Late Empire Ormolu and Patented Bronze Figural Candelabra Lamps, C. 1815
By Louis Isidore Choiselat 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of period Empire figural candelabrum. Each modeled as a winged figure of Victory, of patented bronze, with both arms supporting a floral wreath, and three horns-of-plenty, of or...
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1810s French Empire 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

French 19th century Belle Époque Period Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and high quality French 19th century Belle Époque Period Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu lamp. This stunning lamp is raised by a square Onyx base decorated above by a floral...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Onyx, Ormolu

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal Girandole Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable and very high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and Baccarat crystal Girandole lamps. Each Girandole is rai...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, 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

19th Century Chinese Powder Blue Vase / Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A striking 19th century Chinese power blue vase / lamp with French gilded ormolu mounts to the top and plinth base.
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Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and high quality true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze and ormolu lamps. Each lamp is raised by fine patinated bronze and ormolu bases with ...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, 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

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

American late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu Bouillotte lamp, signed Caldwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A high quality and most elegant American late 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu Bouillotte lamp, signed Caldwell. This charming lamp is raised by an Ormolu socle surrounded by a pier...
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19th Century American Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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

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

Pair of Japonsime Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair Of 'Japonsime' Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Powder-Blue Porcelain Vases, Mounted As Lamps. By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris. Each with a square shaped body. The sides decorated with ...
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu

pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and Crystal lamps. Each stunning candlestick mounted into a lamp is raised on four Ormolu lion paws below a ...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Crystal, 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 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 Neo-Classical Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful pair French 19th century neo-cassical ormolu and patinated bronze lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square ormolu base with a reeded patinated bronze column. Above ormolu u...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Bronze, Ormolu

Large Pair of French Restauration Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Candelabra, Horses
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large and fine pair of French restauration ormolu and patinated bronze four-light candelabra, with Marly Horses, after Guillaume Coustou, circa 1820. Very fine, elegant and chic...
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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Ormolu, Bronze

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

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

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Bronze, Ormolu, and Marble Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze, ormolu, and Rouge Griotte marble lamps in the manner of Clodion. Each lamp is raised by a s...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th C. French Putti Motif Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon Vase, Now as a Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Putti Motif Ormolu-Mounted Chinese Celadon Vase, Now as a Lamp A graceful 19th-century Chinese celadon-glazed porcelain vase, later mounted in France with finely cast gilt br...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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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

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and marble urns mounted into lamps. Each lamp is raised on a square gilt wood and marble base with concave corners. The ri...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ormolu Table Lamps

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Marble, 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.

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