Bidspirit auction | Large Figural Polychrome Metal Blackamoor

Large Figural Polychrome Metal Blackamoor Table Lamp with Marble Base - A figural table lamp featuring a central stem modeled as a youth in the Blackamoor decorative tradition. The figure is cast in metal and finished with polychrome paint, depicting a young boy wearing a green and gold turban with a feather, a red jacket, and a patterned skirt. He is portrayed holding a basket of fruit in his left hand while his raised right arm supports a foliated candle-cup which forms the base of the lamp column. The figure stands upon a multi-tiered pedestal base comprising a cast metal section decorated with four lion masks and ring garlands, set above a dark octagonal marble plinth. The lamp is topped with a hexagonal bell-style fabric shade featuring a parchment-like texture and dark contrast piping, secured by a decorative metal finial. The electrical system includes a brown plastic cord with an integrated thumb-roll switch. No maker marks, signatures, or labels are visible on the lamp or the base.Height: 35.5 inches to the top of the finialBase Width: 6 inches at the widest point.