Mamluk-style mosque lamp, France, late 19th - early 20th century, signed Verrerie (?) Brocard Translucent glass lamp with a high, truncated cone-shaped neck surmounting a crushed body punctuated by three suspension handles and resting on a small annular foot. Gilded and enameled in blue, red and white. On the neck runs a band decorated with Arabic thuluth inscriptions in reserve on a blue background, punctuated by medallions inscribing a blazon calligraphed with a pseudo-inscription in Arabic. The rest of the neck and body feature an arabesque composition of enameled scrolls, fleurons, foliage and palmettes, underlined by gilding. Under the base, signature in red enamel: Vrie Brocard. Height: 30.7 cm; opening diameter: 21.9 cm Fel. Provenance : Ferri & Associés sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 2014, lot 169. The signature appearing under the base of the mosque lamp is, in all likelihood, an abbreviation of "Verrerie Brocard", the name given to Maison Brocard's glass production after Philippe-Joseph's death in 1886.
Estimate
€3,000 - €5,000
Result
€3,900
Buyer's premium
30%
Mamluk-style mosque lamp, France, late 19th - early 20th century, signed Verrerie (?) Brocard
Translucent glass lamp with a high, truncated cone-shaped neck surmounting a crushed body punctuated by three suspension handles and resting on a small annular foot. Gilded and enameled in blue, red and white. On the neck runs a band decorated with Arabic thuluth inscriptions in reserve on a blue background, punctuated by medallions inscribing a blazon calligraphed with a pseudo-inscription in Arabic. The rest of the neck and body feature an arabesque composition of enameled scrolls, fleurons, foliage and palmettes, underlined by gilding. Under the base, signature in red enamel: Vrie Brocard.
Height: 30.7 cm; opening diameter: 21.9 cm
Fel.
Provenance :
Ferri & Associés sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 2014, lot 169.
The signature appearing under the base of the mosque lamp is, in all likelihood, an abbreviation of "Verrerie Brocard", the name given to Maison Brocard's glass production after Philippe-Joseph's death in 1886.
Sale
Tuesday 24 June 2025・13:30 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris