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    Posted 2 years ago

    modfather
    (271 items)

    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?

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    1. keramikos, 2 years ago
      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
    2. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      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
    3. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      I posted another Accolay piece a few weeks back that I recently learned was part of a exclusive series of zoomorphic designs
    4. keramikos, 2 years ago
      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
    5. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      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 ;-)
    6. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      Zo·o·mor·phic
      /?z???môrfik/
      adjective

      1.
      having or representing animal forms or gods of animal form:
      "pottery decorated with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic designs"
    7. keramikos, 2 years ago
      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.
    8. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      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
    9. modfather modfather, 2 years ago
      interesting that these colored glass pieces (what I thought) are actually fractal resin, this is per a French lighting expert
    10. keramikos, 2 years ago
      modfather, Hmmm, resin instead of glass. That is interesting.

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