Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this Carved Conch Shell Lamp to the 19th Century.
22 cm high overall.
Occasionally found in a ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ or ‘Wunderkammer’ but also much coveted for the warm soft light they omit.
Wunderkammer: A German term that literally translates to "wonder-room" and is widely referred to in English as a "Cabinet of Curiosities", Its origins originating in 16th-century Europe. The Wunderkammer was an encyclopaedic, private collection of extraordinary, rare, and exotic objects often containing items of natural history such as the shell lamp we are selling here. The cabinets ranging in size from a small piece of furniture to an entire room.
Cypraecassis rufa: is a marine gastropod mollusc in the Cassidae family. Commonly known as the "cameo shell".
Kendall House Antiques Ltd. has dated this Carved Conch Shell Lamp to the 19th Century.
Kendall house antiques a traditional shop in the north cotswold’s market town of chipping campden.
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A 19th Century Conch Shell Cameo Table Lamp, Carved with the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius Behind, in the Grand Tour Manner
