Hand Hammered Pewter Vase, Solesmes Pewter, France. 1930s. glass An English solid serpentine stone

An English solid serpentine stone table lamp of good proportions

Everything about this composition is mesmerising

5cm / Width: 10cm / Depth: 10cm

and slightly melted spot to the top plate where a hot bulb has caused damage decades ago

Beautifully executed in all aspects

Hand Hammered Pewter Vase, Solesmes Pewter, France. 1930s. glass An English solid serpentine stoneOne of our favourite recent acquisitions, this hand hammered piece by French pewter firm Solesmes is a strikingly executed and organic form. A vase of very good scale, the blackberry like shape is quite reminiscent of ceramicist Mrten Medbo's 'Crowd' series, of which we are long admirers. It is one of those ever changing works of design as light and shadow constantly interacts with the piece. Looking from the top down, the neck terminates in a