Josef Lorenzl, a creamware table lamp, model 5508, Goldscheider, Vienna, Austria, c. 1925.
Hand-painted polychrome decoration. Columnar faceted shaft, on the base two dancing men and a woman dressed in Pierrot costumes. One light source. Textile shade included. Signed Lorenzl. Marked Hand-Decorated Goldscheider Vienna Made in Austria 5508 29 10. Height including shade 72 cm.
Not function tested. Some wear, minor stains, dust. Chips. Cracks to one leg and to the bottom of the base.
Dechant, Robert E. and Goldscheider, Filipp, 'Goldscheider Ceramics: History of the Company and Catalogue of Works Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Déco, The Fifties', Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2007.
See model 5508.