DETAILS:
Height: 36 cm (14.2 in) · Width: 12 cm (4.7 in), per lamp — roughly the height of a wine bottle
Materials: painted ceramic (faience)
Marked: "Rouen," with a small painted number, to the underside of each base
Electrical: Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.
Lampshades not included
Condition: Good antique condition with signs of use and small glaze chips to the scroll feet, as shown in the photographs.
Sold as a pair
Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.
Rouen had been a center of French faience production since the seventeenth century, its workshops known for a distinctive style of hand-painted decoration — dense floral scrollwork in blues, yellows, oranges, and greens laid over a soft cream ground. By the turn of the twentieth century, that same decorative tradition was being applied to candlestick forms wired for electric light, carrying the old craft into a new use.
This pair, French, circa 1900–1910, takes the classic candlestick silhouette — a stepped, faceted column rising from a flared foot — and covers nearly every surface in Rouen's characteristic floral and scrollwork painting.
Note how the floral vine winds continuously up the column's flat faces rather than repeating as a fixed stamped pattern, adjusting its rhythm to the shape of the piece as it climbs — the mark of decoration painted freehand rather than transferred. Each lamp is marked "Rouen" on the underside of the base, along with a small painted number.
Whoever kept this pair lit before you kept them well. The faience shows minor, honest wear consistent with its age, with the hand-painted decoration still vivid, with small glaze chips at the feet. They arrive without shades, ready to be paired with one of your own choosing.
Each lamp arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping, with your choice of US, UK, or EU plug fitted at no extra charge. Returns are accepted within 30 days.
Maison Jaspers
Professionally packed and fully insured worldwide shipping. US import duties are included. For destinations outside the United States, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days, subject to the terms shown on this listing.