Messapia Lamp — Pair

Messapia Lamp — PairInspired by the arulae the small altars of Magna Graecia, used across the Greek south of Italy for household libations and votive offerings, and set in sanctuaries, homes and tombs alike these pieces reimagine an ancient ritual form as a base for light. The decoration draws on the wider Apulian idiom: the Hellenised ornament that flourished across ancient Apulia, where indigenous tradition met Greek taste. Against a deep, lustrous black ground,

beautiful contrast of the gilded  and patinated bronze

before being appointed Commander-in-Chief in India from 1828–32

Shropshire

Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall

when the subject also appeared widely on ceramics and other decorative arts objects

Pictured glass shade is included

As a hieroglyph

the plain veneered frieze

Depth: 36cm / 14

circa 1800

It is hard to overstate how rarely George II–period tea caddies in exquisite veneers complete with original escutcheon and handle become available

circa 1740-50