GIANT valueable LAMP Porceleyne Fles DELFT 26.8" - 68cm Shade from silk also handpainted and signatured Start Price USD 349.00 Current Price USD 349.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Niedersachsen/Hamburg See more about 'GIANT valueable LAMP Porceleyne Fles DELFT 26.8" - 68cm' Description A really giant and VERY RARE (you will not a similar in the next 50 years) tall LAMP. The "stand" is like a vase but closed. The form is waved allover. The shade is from silk and also handpainted and has a signature from the painter also. The shade don´t have holes or other mistakes, is nice and clean. Please read ALL details below.   Handpainted by the world famous manufactory                                                                                                  ROYAL DELFT                                              KONINKLIJKE PORCELEYNE FLES                                                                 ANNO 1653   This beautiful plate is 100% handpainted.  It is a guarantee from the PORCELEYNE FLES manufactory !   Signature from the painter with his initials. Made in the year 1968, so it is 41 years old, but in EXCELLENT CONDITION     The painters dicorated this lamp and silk-shade with a lot of beautiful flowers.   Don´t forget  Christmas in near. Perhaps a wonderful gift for a kind person....                                           Painted in the typical bright blue colours for which the Porceleye Fles factory is so popular. So very fine and with a lot of love painted.  The form of the "stand" is like a calabash and waved all over. The shade is from silk and pleated. On the rims are a dark blue velvet band. The lamp works with one bulb and spend a beautiful soft light. If you have it in your lounge (or another suitable room) you will LOVE it and don´t understand how you could lived all the time before without it.                                                          A beautifull eyecatcher !!!!   The lamp and the shade are  in EXCELLENT CONDITION ! Slight craquelé is normal for this faience and don´t disturb, but has a special charme. Don´t worry to find at the last photo an ashtray and a lighter, this is only for decoration and candles , we are a house without smokers !!!! You will not find a horrible smell by the shade !   Now important details:   LAMP (stand) Height appr. 15.4" (Höhe ohne Fassung ca. 39 cm) without the lamp socket. With the lamp socket it is appr. 17.3" (Höhe incl. Fassung ca. 44 cm) Girth is appr. 21.7" (ca. 51,5 cm)   SILK SHADE Height appr. 12.8" (Höhe ca. 32,5 cm) Girth below appr. 59.1" (Umfang unten ca. 1,50 m) Girth above appr. 35.8" (Umfang oben ca. 91 cm) Diameter below appr. 18.9" (Durchmesser unten ca. 28 cm) Diameter above appr. 11.0" (Durchmesser unten ca. 48 cm)   All togehter the height is appr. 26.8" Insgesamt hat die Lampe eine Höhe von ca. 68 cm hoch                           In the moment this "vase"  is to buy by the manufactur directly for                                                  700 Euro = 870 US$                and the silk-shade for 500 Euro = 620 US$               So this very RARE lamp incl. shade would cost there 1200 Euro = 1500 US$               And the price is more from year to year. So it would be a good job to buy NOW !!!!         Please feel free to send a mail, if you have questions.   I have some other charger, plates, vases etc. from the Royal Delft De Porceleyne Fles  and other manufatories from my private collection. Please have a look in the next days & weeks  - I will send my items world-wide. Combined shipment would be not a problem (and can save shipment-costs).     If you want collect some different items, the postage will be only for the parcel weight (no extra costs) PLEASE LOOK HERE for postage-prices:   Postage to the USA: Big parcel up to 5 KGS included insurance 45.00 US$   Payment: Pay Pal (no cheques) only for oversea-buyer and buyer from Great Britain ! KEIN PayPal innerhalb Europas (Bezahlung per Überweisung).     Place a Bid!