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    Posted 7 months ago

    Tangoes
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    Hi,just purchased this cheap Garage sale I believe this to be called a bridge arm floor lame I am not sure if the arch is of a gargoyle? I can’t seem to find any other bridge arm lamps with word/metal. The black is wood please let me know if you know anything about this lamp also, I am unsure of the metal but I believe it to be brass plated, not brass. Also I don’t really like the shade it currently has I might want a bigger, glass shade. Any suggestions maybe Victorian shade

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    1. keramikos, 7 months ago
      Tangoes, Interesting. :-)

      I don't know that the critter in the bridge qualifies as a gargoyle, because it doesn't strike me as grotesque.

      Neither does it necessarily look like a griffin, because that would be a critter with the body of a lion and the head (and sometimes the wings) of a bird.

      It looks like a lion with wings, which goes pretty far back in history, but in more relatively recent centuries, it's become associated with Venice through Saint Mark (however, I notice one of the wikipedia articles does mention a griffin):

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_lion

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Venice

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