Lot Essay
Goldscheider often used surface glazes that emulated bronze patination, as this figure demonstrates.
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Details
'CHÈRE', A TERRACOTTA THREE LIGHT LADY LAMP
DESIGNED BY LAVERGNE, MANUFACTURED BY GOLDSCHEIDER, CIRCA 1900
modelled as art nouveau maiden in flowing dress on rocky base, holding aloft a large shell enclosing three light fittings, engraved 'Lavergne', impressed factory mark, stamped 'Fabriqué en Autriche' and numerals 3777 2 (minor restoration and glaze chips)
44in. (112cm.) high
DESIGNED BY LAVERGNE, MANUFACTURED BY GOLDSCHEIDER, CIRCA 1900
modelled as art nouveau maiden in flowing dress on rocky base, holding aloft a large shell enclosing three light fittings, engraved 'Lavergne', impressed factory mark, stamped 'Fabriqué en Autriche' and numerals 3777 2 (minor restoration and glaze chips)
44in. (112cm.) high
Literature
C.f. Goldscheider, 1885-1954, Les Styles Modernes, Hamburg, 1980, p.2 for illustration of this model, catalogue entry no.7 for description.