A GILT-METAL AND PORCELAIN FLOOR-STANDING LAMP, the upper part formed as a cream-ground baluster vase and cover painted by J. Fuchs in a pale muted palette with a god, a maiden and a cherub in a continuous misty watery landscape, with a profusion of flowers, supported on a spirally-moulded short stem suspended from a knopped collar cast with woman's masks suspending ribbon-tied swags of roses, the shaped gilt-metal tripod supports cast with scrolls and drapery and conjoined with horizontal bands at intervals along their length, raised on a pierced triangular stand mounted with a smaller porcelain vase with a metal cover and flame finial (neck of cover damaged), artist's signature, converted to electricity, circa 1900

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A GILT-METAL AND PORCELAIN FLOOR-STANDING LAMP, the upper part formed as a cream-ground baluster vase and cover painted by J. Fuchs in a pale muted palette with a god, a maiden and a cherub in a continuous misty watery landscape, with a profusion of flowers, supported on a spirally-moulded short stem suspended from a knopped collar cast with woman's masks suspending ribbon-tied swags of roses, the shaped gilt-metal tripod supports cast with scrolls and drapery and conjoined with horizontal bands at intervals along their length, raised on a pierced triangular stand mounted with a smaller porcelain vase with a metal cover and flame finial (neck of cover damaged), artist's signature, converted to electricity, circa 1900
65in. (165cm.) high approximately, excluding fitting

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