A Russian gilt-bronze and painted tôle bouillotte lamp circa 1830

the adjustable shade later painted green, with panels of laurel leaf and acanthus sprays terminating in anthemions, the adjustable stem with pinecone finial above four scrolled leaf cast candlearms above a baluster stem on a circular base, the whole cast with trelliswork enclosing flowerheads, bands of berried laurel leaves  and stylised anthemions and flowerheads; tôle later painted green

Colour of green tôle slightly lighter and gilding more golden and attractive than in the photo.The clasps supporting the shade are possibly later replacements, as is possibly the finial. One bobèche later replacement. The ribbed stem is quite pitted but this does not detract from the piece. There is evidence of re-soldering to one candlearm but this has been very well executed. In overall good condition.
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Comparative Literature:
Arcadi Gaydamak, Russian Empire, Architecture, Decorative and  Applied Arts, Interior Decoration, 1800-1830, Moscow-Paris, 2000, p. 214 for a candelabrum surmounted by a screen with a base identical to that on this bouillotte in the State History Museum, Moscow.