Posted 2 years ago
modfather
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funny I saw the back of this lamp and thought it was a Bitossi piece and then I spun it around to find a far better piece
strangely enough I bought it on Portobello Rd in London
the seller was explaining to me that it was German -made from such and such company..............................
I was like sure it is, how much?
modfather, Way cool. :-)
I love that the little color insets are translucent, and glow when illuminated. <3
A couple different sources say Accolay is French:
https://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/a31904035/accolay-pottery-vintage-buying-christian-dior/
This one shows your lamp!:
http://www.midcenturia.com/2011/03/accolay-pottery.html
thank you of course they are French ;-)
I knew exactly what is was when I saw the hammered glass
Accolay became well-known when they started making ceramic buttons for Christian Dior clothes in the late 1940s
quite a collectible
I posted another Accolay piece a few weeks back that I recently learned was part of a exclusive series of zoomorphic designs
modfather, This was perhaps another example of meaning getting lost in text. };-)
I hadn't realized that you recognized the maker of the lamp base as soon as you saw the glass insets.
Although I love ceramics, I'm very far from being an expert, and had to look up Accolay:
https://www.accolay.com/pages.php?lg=en&groid=87&medid=
Try as I might, I can't find your post of an zoomorphic Accolay piece. All I could find was your post of the vase with the orex figures:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/301633-accolay-vase-with-4-gazelles
yes that Accolay vase was my first from them and I had no idea who the maker was
and apparently they are not gazelles as I thought but Alpine Ibex ;-)
Zo·o·mor·phic
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adjective
1.
having or representing animal forms or gods of animal form:
"pottery decorated with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic designs"
modfather, Yeah, thanks. :-)
I knew what zoomorphic meant, and found plenty of zoomorphic Accolay pieces out there in the wilds of the Internet, e.g.:
https://latelier55.com/shop/buy-vintage-designer-ceramics/accolay-vintage-ceramics/zoomorphic-accolay-ceramic-pitcher/
I just couldn't seem to find your post of a zoomorphic Accolay piece.
thanks again I was questioning if I was was getting the definition of zoomorphic correct ;-)
so the ibex (gazelle) piece was my first from Accolay
however my main interest is lighting and when I researched Accolay I was fascinated with the lamps (particularly the ones with glass inserts), was sort of surprised to find such a cool piece in London for pennies
I like this piece more as an accent lamp rather than setting it up with a light shade and the necessary fittings, both the glass and perforations in the ceramic give off a pleasant light effect
interesting that these colored glass pieces (what I thought) are actually fractal resin, this is per a French lighting expert
modfather, Hmmm, resin instead of glass. That is interesting.