Lot 57
57
A RARE BRONZE AND GLASS TABLE LAMP
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JIM HENSON
A RARE BRONZE AND GLASS TABLE LAMP

EDGAR BRANDT AND DAUM, CIRCA 1925

Details
A RARE BRONZE AND GLASS TABLE LAMP
Edgar Brandt and Daum, circa 1925
The burnished standard designed as a snake rising from a circular base, its neck wrapped around the mottled amber/orange glass shade, its jaw agape in a menacing pose, the shade engraved DAUM NANCY FRANCE with the cross of Lorraine, the base stamped E. BRANDT
41½in. (105.4cm.) high, 11in. (27.9cm.) diameter of the shade

Lot Essay

The present example is the larger of the two table top models of the snake lamp, the rarest of the three models designed by Brandt. 'La Tentation', the floor lamp model represented in the ensuing lot, is the largest of the models. See Christie's New York, December 8, 1990, lot 418 for another example of the medium-sized serpent lamp, which sold for a record price at auction for this model.