ART NOUVEAU FIGURAL LAMP BASE by JULES JOUANT
Hi Chris, Grandma got this when she was young in San Francisco Name on vase is jollant. Bottom has stamp franqaise? feels like metal vase What you appear to have here is an Art Nouveau bronze gilded lamp base by the French Artist Jules Jouant (1882-1921). The base has a foundry mark "Fabrication Francaise" These items were recasted French Bronzes available for sale/export. The hole in the bottom would have had a bolt that connected it to a wood base. The top would have held the lamp fixture. Some of Jouant's works do quite well in the auction market. I could not find this exact piece.