Seller:lone_star_1900✉️(494)100%,
Location:London, GB,
Ships to: GB,
Item:334861417542Superb Indo-Persian Bidriware Stem Vase / Lamp seeks re-condition or re-use. Superb Indo-Persian Bidriware Stem Vase / Lamp seeks re-condition or re-use This decorative and unique metal-ware antique, featuring brass and possibly silver inlay, dates from around 1850. The artwork is marvellous. The item has some minor surface wear but it could be properly polished up. Item: Bidriware Stem Vase with lower bulb shape (vase since changed to lamp) Material: Iron with electroplated finish and silver inlay Colours: Dark Blue, silver and gold Date: 1850s- 1870s Origin: Persia or India Height: 37 cm Bulb Circumference:39.5 cm Base of neck Circumference:12 cm Originally a vase and owned by a former British emissary, sometime in this object's history, it was re-purposed as a lamp (it still has its old-fashioned light socket intact). This could make an eye-catching addition to oriental-themed display (as a lamp or vase). It could be put it to some novel use (a Hookah pipe comes to mind)