A pair of French art nouveau silvered-bronze lamps circa 1905

with red alabaster shades. Electrified.

Overall good condition and presentation; the silvering with areas of tarnishing; rubbing and wear and with small areas of dirt; one cresting with small stains to leaves and with a minor stress tear to the rim; one alabaster shade with extensive scratches and with old repaired breaks and infilling; the other with old repaired break to top with infilling and with large chip to rim approximately 2 inches long by 1/2 inch deep; each lamp with some tarnishing and oxidation to silvering and with some rubbing and wear.
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