Featured in this lot is this mid century Italian revival porcelain urn converted lamps, attributed to Majolica Cantaglli. The lamps feature a wonderfully and professionally crafted porcelain urn revival piece housed with mid century brass lamp furniture. The lamp shows two sockets for two bulbs and the urn shows a very distinct design traditionally attributed to Majolica Cantaglli that shows cherubs and cross flags and swords with a touch of Italian renaissance design that shows wreaths and ribbons all hand painted on this piece of Italian artwork. Ulisse Cantagalli (1839-1901) was an Italian pottery producer in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was born into a family of Italian pottery makers, the Cantagalli name having been associated with ceramics since the 15th century. However, it's unclear whether they were makers or merchants. It's been established, though, that they were well known in Impruneta (a town south of Florence) as “furnacers”, land and property owners, and that the Cantagalli factory was producing ceramics in Florence by the beginning of the 18th century. Ulisse Cantagalli understood that there was a vast opportunity for high-end Italian maiolica early in the 1870s. He set out to reorganize his business to emulate the early Renaissance pieces, not as fakes, but as reproductions. The condition of this pair of porcelain urn converted lamps is preserved with one of the handles missing and multiple repairs to the neck of the bade but otherwise shows a preserved overall condition. The measurements of this pair of converted urn is 28 7/8" x 5 1/8" x 4 3/8". The collective weight of this pair of lamps is 8lb 12oz.