DB3401GC: French Lamp with Mermaid  The most amazing handpainted porcelain lamp of a mermaid with Nautilus seashell! Absolutely exquisite,
with classic Art Deco styling. Fabulous artistic body, slender with soft
flowing lines and curves. Handpainted lines suggesting strands of hair, arched,
narrow painted eyebrows, alluring almond shaped painted eyes, rose blushed
cheeks, painted open mouth with crimson lips--even painted nostrils. The lower
part of her body is painted to suggest gold encrusted scales on a cobalt blue colored
tail which changes from palest blue above to a dark sapphire at the end of the tail. The
lamp is white porcelain accented with gold painted lines. She measures 7" along
the bottom,7.5" high. Small crazing line or fine hairline in back, difficult
to photograph. It extends about 1" from her hair, down back near shoulder.
Appears to have been glazed over, so possibly in the making of the lamp. Also nearly invisible stress line on the shell, due to the use of the lamp (heat from the bulb) over the course of decades. Marked on the bottom
Made in France Aladin Luxe. Works wonderfully, casting a delicate and beautiful glow on the
mermaid, when the light is on.
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