An Unusual Early 20thC French Naturalistic Cast Bronze & Brass Lamp as a Queen of the Night Cactus sub-Decorative Objects The carving is relatively primitive

The carving is relatively primitive

the colonial rule of the island nation of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948

made specifically for Omersa

It flies above the British Union Flag (Union Jack)

a dragonfly and several smaller butterflies native to Britain like the peacock

An Unusual Early 20thC French Naturalistic Cast Bronze & Brass Lamp as a Queen of the Night Cactus sub-Decorative Objects The carving is relatively primitiveOrigin: French Period: Early 20thC Provenance: From the estate of the late Nellie Lenson Smith (1928 2017) Date: c. 1920 35 Height: 41. 5 Depth: 17 Width: 15. 5 (all at extremities) The good quality patinated bronze and brass table or floor lamp modelled as a large flowered Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandifloras) cactus, having three brass spined arms flowering to the bulb apertures, on a naturalistic heavy bronze base, surviving from the