Help with stained glass (Tiffany style) table lamp

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Sedona, May 14, 2017.

  1. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

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  2. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Happy Mother's Day!

    I have had a lot of problems posting photos today, and then the thread was somehow created as I was typing the title, without description.

    Anyway, we have this stained glass lamp with quite a few broken pieces (due to over vigorous cleaning by a now-former housekeeper). The pattern is not particularly complicated, and I see no discernible maker's mark anywhere on the shade or base, cap, etc. I don't even see any patent numbers or other identifying marks.

    The base is a heavy, Art Nouveau style.

    This is one of those things that had been in the family forever. I am not inclined to get it fixed, because it doesn't seem worth the cost. We have some, but not all, of the broken pieces.

    I would appreciate any information on who made this, and its approximate worth.

    Thank you, all.
     
  3. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Really need to see more pics........ Particularly of the lighting parts, including plug, underside of base, shade at top, and cap. Inclined to think this fairly modern but could be persuaded otherwise.
     
  4. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    I wil dismantle the lamp tomorrow and submit photos but in the meantime here is the plug. It may have been rewired. The sockets look old.


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  5. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Sorry for the delay but by the time I've been getting home the natural light is gone. Here are a few more views, including the inside.


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  6. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Close up of the base, and more light on the sockets. I draped the chain around to show the acorn-shaped pulls.


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  7. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    This is a closeup of the cap.


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  8. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the new pics that confirm this to be an old lamp. The acorn pulls are likely from a company called Hubbell and the sockets should be marked as such. They would be the maker of the electric parts. Hubbell sockets were used most famously on Handel lamps but other companies used them as well. Make sure to go over both the base and shade carefully for marks. If this is Handel, it would seriously increase value.

    Edit: In looking at Hubbell acorn pulls, I see that the shape is different than yours.
     
  9. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I see in the initial post that you have combed this over for marks. I have also done some searching and am coming up blank as to the maker of this lamp. As an unknown old lamp with shade in poor condition, the value is not terribly high. Maybe a couple hundred at most. Even restored, I think we are under $500.00 on this. It would depend on whether the base is bronze or plated pot metal. The above values are assuming plated. A bronze base such as this could be worth a few hundred on its own and would increase the value of the lamp accordingly.
     
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  10. Sedona

    Sedona Well-Known Member

    Thank you. I do like the base but the shade is a bit bland for my taste, even when it was intact. The base looks black in low light, but green in sunlight.

    This is one of the things that has been in the family for decades.
     
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