Vintage Spanish Talavera Blue & White Table Lamp by Cerámica De La Cal in El Puente Del Arzobispo, New Linen Shade

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An exceptional spanish blue and white ceramic amphora table lamp, hand-painted in el puente del arzobispo, the sister pottery town … Read more An exceptional spanish blue and white ceramic amphora table lamp, hand-painted in el puente del arzobispo, the sister pottery town of talavera de la reina.

newly wired for u.s. Use. International plug customization available at no charge. Height includes lampshade.

the vase base is a classic two-handled amphora, painted freehand over the entire base, with two stylized birds, one on the front and one on the back.

the blue and white palette has deep roots in this region. Potters in talavera de la reina adopted white and cobalt blue as their dominant colors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, under the influence of chinese porcelain. This spanish talavera-style amphora carries that tradition forward in a looser, folk-inflected hand, and the result is mediterranean in spirit as much as it is old world spanish.

the underside of the unglazed foot is hand-lettered in dark pigment “de la cal / barreira / puente,” with the first line partly worn. It is signed “a. Cal” with an underline and numbered “3” in blue. The workshop name matches documented pieces from the cerámica de la cal workshop in el puente del arzobispo.

the base is paired with a new white linen drum shade, edged top and bottom in navy woven trim by houlès, the paris passementerie house, which picks up the blue of the vase. The table lamp is finished with brass fittings and a navy cord.

about cerámica de la cal
el puente del arzobispo, a small town on the tagus river west of toledo, has made tin-glazed earthenware for centuries; a town register of 1578 already lists twenty-six potters. In 2019 unesco inscribed the ceramic-making processes of el puente del arzobispo and talavera de la reina, jointly with those of puebla and tlaxcala in mexico, as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The de la cal family’s line of potters begins with agustín de la cal fernández (1871–1950). His descendant josé antonio de la cal barreira, born in 1946, founded cerámica de la cal barreira, whose mark this lamp carries. On retiring he passed the business to his daughter, ana belén de la cal, who now runs the family workshop, cerámica de la cal, with juan de dios fernández. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution,
european plug (up to 250v).the wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise. See less