John & Rico's

Antique Lighting from The Drawing Room

# 5209. An unusual heavy cast bronze table lamp from Newport's Gilded Age. Attributed to Manhattan Brass Lamp Company. Oil. Circa 1880-85. Decorative elements include a gaping jaw Lion and a portrait of a mustashed gentleman. Looks like it could have come off the desk of a Newport Rhode Island Robber Baron. An identical example of this lamp was used in the Motion Picture: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" in the Apartment in Rome. It shows several times on a desk in the apartment. The shade in the scene appears to be a cased green glass 'student' style shade. Condition: If there was a finish to the bronze, it is gone, it may have been fire gilt at one time; the shade ring is missing; no burner or chimney. The form probably evolved from the Argand genre. Inquiries.

The under plate weight is iron.

The filler hole and cap.

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