Antique Lamps – Kakiemon – A Story Of Harmony And Balance
Mar 01, 2010
In the world of art and design, colour is important, in fact, of primary importance, with many specific colours bearing the name of their originator. The sublime palette of Kakiemon enamels is a key example. The Kakiemon family remains porcelain makers and skilled decorators, right up to today, with only the eldest son inheriting the family name and special skills.
Antique Lamps With A Pearly Lustre
Jan 28, 2010
Lustre ware produced an almost instant reaction with its golden iridescent glaze. At first it was considered alchemy, because the process involves using a lead-based glaze to create a golden shine on a pot, but without gold in it!
Antique Lamps with a Royal Story
Jan 07, 2010
Some antique lamps have a story to tell and the couples portrayed here, of course, are the ill-fated Louis XVI of France and his Queen, Marie Antoinette.
Antiques - Are There Really Bones In Bone China?
Dec 08, 2009
When we speak of bone china, does it ever raise the question, however fleetingly, I wonder if this cup I’m drinking from actually has bones in it? The short answer is yes. But we can’t leave it there, so on to the long answer …
Antiques - What Does Soft Paste Porcelain Mean?
Nov 30, 2009
Every niche subject has its specific, descriptive words, its recognised terminology. These are words of international understanding, conveying a clear picture of the object being described. In the world of antiques this is extremely important, particularly when the object is not able to be seen and handled by the person receiving...
Antique Lamps – Blue and White Is Always Right!
Nov 07, 2009
The display of blue and white is traditionally regarded as best seen against a yellow background. Yellow not only compliments both the blue prints, but also the white of the earthenware or porcelain. These combine to produce a beautiful display. When a blue and white antique lamp is added, the look is really dazzling!
Behind Every Good Lamp is A Good Lamp Shade!
Oct 25, 2009
As all discerning decorators know, finding the right lamp base is hard enough, but finding the right lamp shade can be easier said than done! So how do you complete the look with the perfect shade?
Antique Lamps - A Lamp With a Message!
Sep 29, 2009
We have all heard about the "message in a bottle". Here we look at an antique lamp with an ancient message! The story of Siddhartha's transformation into the Lord Buddha, meaning "one who has awakened", is well known to both the East as well as the West, with a growing Western...
Antiques - What’s In a Word?
Sep 26, 2009
Within my subject of antique ceramics, porcelain and pottery, I have noticed a consistent confusion over a particular group of ceramic terms. These include the terms, “soft paste” and “hard paste” porcelain.
Art as an Allegorical Figure
Sep 13, 2009
Mankind has always been attracted to beauty. At no time through the long passage of history has humanity not been expressed through art. In every corner of the world, in every society, known as civilized or uncivilized, art, as an expression of that society, has flowered. We can still look with admiration...
Antique Lamps – A Lamp with a Message!
Sep 07, 2009
We have all heard about the “message in a bottle”. Here we look at an antique lamp with an ancient message!
Antique Lamps – Papier Mache
Aug 28, 2009
Antique lamps, you would expect to be made of porcelain, glass, wood, or brass, but not paper! But, yes, there are papier mache antique lamps. We look at papier mache's 2000 year old history.
Antique Lamps - In Peking Glass
Aug 24, 2009
In our modern world, glass is an every day part of life, but this was not always so. The elegant and ethereal medium known as "glass" is simply and basically made of sand and, or, silica and a flux; sodium or potassium. These elements fuse together when melted at a very...
Antique Lamps – A Berlin Lamp, Pure Classic
Jul 31, 2009
Antique lamps with a “presence” can add to our visual appreciation of life. An antique lamp can be seen and appreciated in just the same way as a picture, which can add so much to enrich our lives.
Antique Lamps - A Classic Paris Accent Lamp
Jul 23, 2009
The early 19th century saw new heights in smart design. Here we look at a Paris porcelain, accent lamp from this stylish period.
Antique Lamps - Blanc de Chine
Jul 19, 2009
The Chinese, pure white to cream porcelain is known in the West as Blanc de Chine. With its simple lines and elegant understated style, Blanc de Chine not only creates a sense of calm, but the perfect antique lamp.
Antique Lamps - A 20th century Chinese Imari Lamp
Jul 07, 2009
The Chinese attitude to their vast legacy of art and design differs markedly from Western thinking, which tends to classify art into different historic periods, associating styles as framed in time.
Antique Lamps - Peking Glass
Jun 30, 2009
Chinese glass is known in the West as "Peking glass". Glass has a long history of over 5000 years, but in 1696 snuff saw glass production in China really change.
Antique Lamps as Artistic Expression
May 20, 2009
If we can imagine “art” as an allegorical figure, a curator of the world’s storehouse of music, pictures, literature, sculpture etc, we would need many more than one life time to see all she had to show us!
Who’s For Tea?
May 18, 2009
The tea we drink and know so well is actually a camellia, Camellia sinensis. First discovered as a tea, or, dried leaf tip that could be added to boiling water as a drink. There is a lot more than you think, behind that cup of tea.
Antique Lamps – A Renaissance Man
May 13, 2009
Ulysses Cantagalli, is today recognised as a major 19th century Italian potter. Cantagalli was an outstanding ceramicist, whose original works are displayed in many private and important public museum collections.
Antique Lamps – Treen, Fine, Dark and Handsome
Apr 22, 2009
There is nothing like the polished sheen on antique wood, lovingly polished with bees’s wax for the past hundred, or even, the past two hundred years,the result of elbow grease, wax and time!
From China to Porcelain
Apr 19, 2009
Porcelain, is today, so widely available and is such an every day commodity, that we could very easily overlook just how different it was.
Antique Lamps & Silk Lamp Shades
Apr 17, 2009
This fascinating fibre reeled from cocoons spun by caterpillars of silk-producing insects, is known to have been cultivated for more than five thousand years.
Antique Lamps – A Bat Printed Staffordshire Lamp
Apr 14, 2009
The invention of transfer printing on porcelain and pottery was, without doubt, one of the most important innovations in the development of the ceramic industry. We illustrate a little printed lamp c1840
Antique Lamps - In Cassolette Style
Apr 10, 2009
Prior to the development of modern sanitation etc, hygiene was poorly understood, the air was full of “smells” from a multitude of sources, but, it was those stylish French, who designed an elegant, 18th century solution.
Table Lamps by Moonlight
Apr 08, 2009
When we think of Japanese porcelain, we quite often think of brightly coloured Imari, but not all Japanese Imari was brightly coloured.
Antique Table Lamps and the Eight Immortals
Mar 30, 2009
Every age and every society has its saints and sages and with its long history, China has produced a great number, some so ancient, as to be lost, except for the echo.
Antique Lamps - A Soft Intimate Glow
Feb 22, 2009
Bright overhead light is fine, in an office, car park or airport but definitely not in that favourite room!
Lamps - And Now, Something Completely Different!
Feb 18, 2009
Although contemporary, it is sometimes surprising just how a striking pair of "knock-out" lamps like this, can work so well in a wide range of interior styles.
Antique Lamps - Outstandingly Rare Minton Lamps
Feb 18, 2009
In private correspondence with the UK Wedgwood/Minton museum, this pair of lamps were described as “highly important”.The vase shape was registered in 1863 as “in the Chinese style”.
Lampshades, Lampshades, Lamp Shades !
Feb 13, 2009
When it comes to lampshades, The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co has a word to say…..
A Table Lamp by Richard-ginori
Feb 12, 2009
This 1930’s table lamp from the design house of Richard-Ginori is an elegant lamp of well balanced proportion. A perfect example from this acknowledged era of smart design.
Antique Lighting - Very Rare, Mid 18th Century, French Faience Table Lamp
Feb 10, 2009
The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co present a mid 18th century French table lamp decorated with Rococo flower painting 260 years old, but still as fresh as the summer of 1750!
Antique Lamp - a Rare Yongzhen Jar Table Lamp
Feb 06, 2009
There is a point at which art can become practical and we illistrate this with a rare, early 18th century jar and cover as a lamp. The Imperial reign of the Yongzhen Emperor was renowned for a pastel palette of enamel colours. We illustrates this with a rare little jar and cover,dated to 1735, as a free standing table lamp.
Antique Lamps in White Parian
Feb 05, 2009
Parian, a hard paste porcelain introduced in1846 by the English firm of Copeland and Garrett, in imitation of Sevres biscuit (fired but unglazed porcelain). Its name is derived from its resemblance to the perfect white marble from the Greek island of Paros.
Antique Lamps - Celadon’s Cloak
Feb 04, 2009
The Celadon colour we so admire has a story to tell… Celadon is one of the beautiful glazes used on Chinese ceramics, with a range in tone from pale green to deep sea-green. It is intended to reflect the wide range of greens found in jade. Celadon is still as popular as ever with its elegant, cool, jade green depth of colour
Antique Lamps by Edme Samson of Paris
Feb 01, 2009
Edmé Samson, born in Paris in 1810, established the porcelain company of Samson-Edmé et Cie in the 1830’s. Samson began his career by producing replacement pieces of Chinese export, but now, Samson copies are antique, being over 100 years old.
Antique Lamps in Greek Revival Style
Jan 31, 2009
The mythology and superb design of ancient Greece has fascinated us for thousands of years and for centuries there have been constant revivals of the styles developed in the classical Greek world of 500 BC.
Table Lamps in Wedgwood Jasper
Jan 30, 2009
Josiah Wedgwood was born in 1730 into a family of potters at Burslem in Staffordshire, the great centre of English ceramics. Wedgwood was known as a man full of new ideas, a man who experimented tirelessly to develop and refine his product.
Antique Lamps in Chinese Cinnabar
Jan 29, 2009
The long history of Chinese culture has produced a great number of original and distinctive artistic styles. One of these is “Cinnabar Lacquerware”. Quickly recognised by its distinctive red colour and sometimes referred to as “China Red”. This treatment has been used artistically in China for over 1000 years.
Antique Table Lamp Lighting - a Berlin Lamp C1840
Jan 28, 2009
The Berlin porcelain factory was started in 1751 and after a range of misfortunes was purchased in 1763 by Frederick, the King of Prussia.
Antique Lamp - a Rare Chinese Imari Lamp Circa 1750
Jan 25, 2009
In the early 18th century the Chinese porcelain makers started copying Japanese Imari porcelain for export to the west.
Table Lamps - Japanese Tokkuri or Saké Bottle Lamps
Jan 23, 2009
Japan has a long tradition of ceramics and we look at the long history of the Saké Tokkuri,now appearing as an antique table lamp, full of rustic character.
Paris / Limoges Table Lamps
Jan 22, 2009
The “Paris” porcelain, so well known, was actually not made in Paris but at Limoges to the South West of Paris!
The Art of a Chinese Potter
Jan 19, 2009
China’s long history of porcelain and pottery has influenced the design and production of the world’s ceramics, both Eastern and Western. We looks at a fine example of the innovative porcelain of a remarkable 19th century Chinese artist.
Imari Lamps - the Rise & Rise of Oriental Décor
Jan 17, 2009
In 1650, The Dutch East India Company opened the doors of Europe to the discovery of Japanese porcelain. To the Europeans, it was “love at first sight” when the bright Imari porcelain first arrived.
Antique Candle Stick Lamps
Jan 15, 2009
Today, while many candle sticks lie forgotten and ignored, this romantic style of lighting is being revived by The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co!. With their expert knowledge, candle sticks are transformed and reappear as objects of beauty and function. It really is "new light on an old subject" with the exchange from wax to electricity!
Table Lamps – Seeing Red!
Jan 13, 2009
It may have been the Chinese who invented porcelain over 1000 years ago, but it took those fashionable French to give us the names of the coloured glazes, still used as standards in the West today, to identify the major range of Chinese ceramic colours
Antique Lamps for Accent Lighting
Jan 12, 2009
Accent lighting is strictly decorative and is not intended to "illuminate the room" but rather provide a delightful focal point to establish ambience and mood. Accent lamps are a statement of taste, come in a wide variety of forms and are a valuable asset to the interior.