Gilded Cherub Lamp - Possibly Early 20th c. France

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Found this today, someone threw it away. It is very heavy, made of gilded brass.

In one hand is a flower stem and a light bulb can be screwed into the big flower.
The other hand was once holding somthing that is now gone:


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Close up of the lamp socket:
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The top of the lamp resembles cloth, I thought this particularly interesting:
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Online sources show similar lamps were made in France at the start of the 1900's.
I think the style is called "Ormolu Beaux-Art" which was popular from the 1800's to the outbreak of World War One.
I'll try to find out more about it in the coming days.
 

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Crazy I would have passed that right by, more then likely worth a few hundred .. Sharp eyes again..:thumbsup:
 

BOY THERE MINER THAT SAVE IS A NICE FINDER. THAT IS A NEAT PEICE DANG SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FINDS TO OPEN YOUR ON NICKNAC STORE , CALL IT THROWAWAYS. YEP THATS GOT A NICE RING TO IT. WONDER WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE. INTERESTING FIND.
 

Great save!
Some used to hold harps or like Cupid a bow, not sure what that other hand held more flowers or a streamer perhaps.
 

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