Single Decorative Italian Circa 1920's Ceramic Lamp with a Shield on one side of the vase and the back is illustrated with lines of color with a handmade Parchment Shade. Total Height including shade:29" Height of shade:13" Diameter of shade:18.5" Height of lamp excluding the shade:15" Ceramics in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired into the hardened ceramic form. Some ceramic pieces are classified as fine art, while many others can be classified as one of the decorative, industrial or applied arts for the everyday function and use. Ceramic art usually, but not always, was intended by the maker as art. As such illustrated in this piece made into a lamp. Historically, ceramic articles were prepared by shaping the clay body, a clay rich mixture of various minerals, into the desired shapes before being subjected to high temperatures in a kiln. The origin of the word is the ancient Greek keramikos, from Keramos, meaning "potter's clay." This particular example with the Shield is quite nice and probably made for an affluent family. Lifestyle Antiques is a Summerland antique dealer near Santa Barbara who specializes in European antique furniture and antique lighting for your home and garden. Among some of our specialties are home lighting, home furnishings and garden statues. There are several Summerland antique shops in the area, 3 minutes south of Santa Barbara. We specialize in French furniture as well as antique furniture from Spain and Italy.

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