A Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp by Philippe-Joseph Brocard France, dated 1870A Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp by Philippe-Joseph Brocard France, dated 1870of compressed globular form with long flaring neck on a splayed foot, six lug handles around the body, decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a large band of inscription in thuluth on a ground of scrolling tendrils to the neck, a further band of inscription to the foot, the body with floral interlace, the lower body with alternating roundels and medallions filled with inscriptions, signed 'Brocard Paris 1870' to foot 34.5 cm. highInscriptions: around the neck, 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'alim al-'adil al-malik al-nasir 'azza nasruhu, 'Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Learned, the Just, al-Malik al-Nasir, may his victory be glorified'; to the base, repeats of [a]l-'alim, [al-'a]lim and al-'a[lim], 'The Learned'.Philippe-Joseph Brocard (1831-1896) specialised in the production of imitations of Medieval and Islamic glass. He gained critical acclaim at the Paris Universelle Exposition of 1867, where a number of vessels by him decorated in this style were shown. Brocard's work was subsequently shown at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair and 1878 Paris Exposition.