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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 341464, member: 308&quot;]I didn&#039;t know about Maxant until this post so please keep that in mind.&nbsp; Even before I explored Maxant I had the same problem as Komokwa - namely that finial.&nbsp; It just seems out of sync with the rest of the vase.&nbsp; As Brad noted you can still get that finial today and that pineapple style has been around forever. </p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, I&#039;m not that crazy about the metal base either.&nbsp; But on viewing other Maxant examples on Google search it seems a lot of their urns have those pineapple finials.&nbsp; What I suspect (and again, I&#039;m not real familiar with Maxant), is that Maxant produced handpainted lamp/urn parts which other companies combined with accent porcelain and all the metal work.&nbsp; It would have let Maxant concentrate on their handpainted pieces without having to worry about the final product.&nbsp; The companies that produced the final product could make urns, lamps, whatever, and use the Maxant name to try to denote quality.&nbsp; I would have urged using better quality metal parts but no one asked me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad is also correct in that thing has to come apart somehow.&nbsp; Most likely by loosening the bolt at the bottom (sometimes these are referred to as bolted urns).&nbsp; But I&#039;m not sure taking it apart will help much and may not be worth the potential damage to the urn.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I think the Maxant part is indeed genuine.&nbsp; 19th century?&nbsp; Probably not in this form at least.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know when electric lamps came into common usage but I&#039;m pretty sure it wasn&#039;t anywhere near that early. Whether it was this form originally is anybody&#039;s guess.&nbsp; </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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