the chrome body with square support and base supporting an upright crowing rooster; excellent vintage condition with minor pitting to chrome; rewired

the expressive cockatoo with a prominent head crest and strong hooked beak perched upon a foliate branch-work base; with maker's marks to underside; Dux Porcelain began in 1860 by Eduard Eichler in what was then Duchov, Bohemia. The high quality pottery and porcelain figures produced there are now referred to by the abbreviated name, "Royal Dux." Ownership of the business changed frequently over the last 150 years. Bohemia became part of Czechoslovakia which was in turn controlled first by Germany then the Soviet Union.

the large beautifully-detailed ceramic white glazed parrot with head in profile above a well-delineated plumed body with long tail feathers; all perched upon a branch-work base with applied leaves and grapes; with underglaze blue maker's mark and paper label 'made in Italy'; good vintage condition with small areas of missing glaze; small hairline crack to one wing

a versatile lamp that can be used in multiple settings, of thick hand-polished crystal with its ethereal reflective quality allowing light to penetrate changing from day to evening; all resting on a brushed chrome base; the obelisk was originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and later used by the Greeks who described them as obeliskos; excellent condition with no chips or cracks

with giltwood neck above a turned columnar body of nicely figured Carrara marble all over a giltwood base; good vintage condition with minor chipping to edges; re-wired; neck and base re-gilded

the hand-blown lamp of translucent pale blue glass with long neck above a bulbous body all raised on brass bases; excellent vintage condition with minor wear; no chips or cracks; some pitting to brass; professionally rewired

this beautifully decorated lamp of ovoid form finely painted overall with large floral stems in rich shades of blue, green and ochre all on a mottled pale blue ground; with subtle gilt decoration; artist signed and dated 1950; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks, rewired; with custom giltwood base

the well-crafted lamp of quilted glass with gold inclusions; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

of compressed form covered overall in an ivory and brown drip-glaze over a caramel ground; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

a robust american 1960's baluster-form cork lamp with ebonized base and cap; rewired; shade as is

the ribbed lamp of silver aventurine glass; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

a handsome english art deco beechwood floor lamp with blond highlights

of impressive scale, the orb-form lamp of mercury glass fitted with an ebonized wooden cap and base; good vintage condition with age to silvering; re-wired

each in a rich egg yolk-yellow glaze with everted neck above an ovoid body with stylized laurel leaf perimeter band flanked by lions masks; all raised on a fluted splayed support resting on an ebonized wooden base; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; wooden base refinished; rewired

the tall and striking ribbed art glass lamp of conical form in luminous smoked glass all resting on a brass base; Empoli is known as the other Italian mid-century glass. Simpler in design than their Murano cousins, the simple traditional styles of Empoli glass were quickly adapted to the sparse abstract shapes of mid 20th century modernism. The vast majority of mid century-styled Empoli glass was made for the American market; height: 21.25" (top of glass)  32" (top of shade); good vintage condition with no chips or cracks; professionally rewired; even wear to re-painted base

of stylish mid-century design in the manner of Tommi Parzinger, with ivory-glazed oblelisk-form base emanating two deeply scrolled brass arms supporting candle form socket holders;  centering a cylindrical brass rod and finial; all atop a black marble base with white veining; 18.5" (top of ceramic)  35: (top of shade); good vintage condition with light overall wear; minor pitting to brass; professionally rewired. 

the ovoid ribbed glass with controlled bubbles; with carerra marble cap and base; rewired; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; minor wear to marble; lamp shade as is.

the tall ribbed lamp of sea-foam green art glass with controlled bubbles; excellent condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

an exceptionally rare size, this Murano glass lamp using the Sommerso technique of layered colored glass; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

the shaped lamp with slumped glass mirrored panels; the front panel with a Chinoiserie reverse-painted scene; all resting on a wooden base; good vintage condition with no chips or cracks; wear and patina to wooden surface; antiquing to silvering 

the large bottle-form lamp with long neck and tapering body all in a crater glaze 

of large scale, with long everted neck above a spheroid body all resting on a custom giltwood base; good vintage condition with some wear to surface; rewired

of baluster form with long neck and everted lip above an ovoid body with splayed foot; the densely-painted and colorful flowers at the shoulder above delicate cascading wisteria; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; only minor wear; professionally rewired; vase now drilled and mounted as a lamp