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m_robertson last signed in Nov 11 2009 and has been on Bukisa since Mar 24, 2009.

About Me:

Maurice Robertson, principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co, has had a lifetimeâ€™s association with antique porcelain and pottery. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the companyâ€™s site.Â Well known to local and international interior designers, who have included many of his table lamps in their projects, he has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.

The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an on-line range of over 100 unique, antique and vintage lamps on view.

Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S, the U.K and Australia.

You are invited to visit their web site at http://www.antiquelampshop.com

Â© The Antique & Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009

Antique Lamps – A Lamp with a Message!

Published September 08, 2009 /

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The story of Siddhartha’s transformation into the Lord Buddha, meaning “one who has awakened”, is well known to both the East as well as the West, with a growing Western interest in his life and teachings. Every one has heard the name of the Buddha, born, by common tradition, about 565

Antique Lamps – Papier Mache

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

We expect to see antique lamps in porcelain, glass, brass, or wood, but not paper! But there are lamps made out of paper, Papier Mache.
Antique Lamps – A Berlin Lamp of 1830, Pure Classic

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

An antique lamp can be a lot more than just a source of interior lighting; it can also be a work of art with a major contribution to the classic / eclectic interior. An antique lamp can be seen and appreciated in just the same way as a picture, which can add so much to enrich our lives.
Antique Lamps - A Classic Paris Accent Lamp

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

The smart design of early 19th century Paris porcelain has always remained a benchmark of style. We look at a Paris porcelain accent from this highpoint of design.
Antique Lamps - Blanc de Chine

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

Blanc de Chine, pure white to cream, Chinese porcelain, with its simple lines and elegant understated style, produces, not only a sense of calm, but the perfect antique lamp. It always remains “modern” and completely at home in the traditional / classic, or, most contemporary interior.
Antique Lamps - A 21st century Chinese Imari Lamp

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

The Chinese attitude to their vast legacy of art and design differs markedly from Western thinking, which tends to classify art into different historic periods, associating styles, framed in time. The Chinese, on the other hand, tend to overlap distinctive artistic styles with no real concept of when a style began, or, if it had reached a finish date!
Antique Lamps - A Staffordshire Printed Pottery Accent Lamp

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

The invention of transfer printing on porcelain and pottery was, without doubt, one of the most important innovations in the development of the ceramic industry. We look at a charming little English, Staffordshire, pottery vase shaped, accent lamp made in c1840.
Antique Lamps - Peking Glass

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

Glass had been made in China since 700 BC, but in 1696 evereything changed, thanks to snuff!
Antique Lamps – A Renaissance Man

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

Ulysses Cantagalli, is recognised today as a major 19th century Italian potter. We first meet him in Florence in 1878 . Florence, of course, was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and Cantagalli's early products reflect this Renaissance artistic style.
Antique Lamps - A Fine Pair of Limoges Table Lamps

by m_robertson | in Home & Garden > Interior Design

The “Paris” porcelain, so well known, was actually not made in Paris but at Limoges to the South West of Paris!