GWTW Electrified Lamp Hand Signed E. Wallace

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by Mungo, Sep 26, 2019.

  1. Mungo

    Mungo Active Member

    Not much of a lamp guy, but I couldn't not buy this walking into a local thrift shop for $25. The globe is intact and signed by E Wallace. It looks like it is a converted gas lamp thats been electrified, not sure if or how much that devalues it. Any help on how old or valuable this thing is, and who E Wallace might be?
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    Mungo, Sep 26, 2019
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  2. Brazos

    Brazos Active Member

    There was a "Wallace and Sons" making various brass lamps in Connecticut. If memory serves, they went belly up in the mid-1890's. Thomas Wallace founded the company and E Wallace might have been a son? I don't believe they made glass, so the glass parts could have been made by almost any glass house of the day.

    I have no clue as to value. Since it has been butchered, a collector would be turned off. However, someone looking for that style lamp may love it. So...???
     
    Brazos, Sep 26, 2019
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  3. janetpjohn

    janetpjohn Well-Known Member

    Wallace was whoever painted the glass, possibly a hobbyist, but not the lamp maker.
     
    janetpjohn, Sep 27, 2019
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    i need help likes this.
  4. Mungo

    Mungo Active Member

    a hobbyist? so this would have been sold originally as plain white?
     
    Mungo, Sep 27, 2019
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