Featured HELP WITH VERY COOL, VERY UNUSUAL, ERTE(?) FINIAL LAMP (NOT A LAMP FINIAL!)

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  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I saw this on the lamp table at a local thrift store & grabbed it - I was sure I'd just found a art nouveau, or even a Erte lamp!
    But when I looked at it closer, it was the coolest, and most unusual, lamp I've ever seen! - The base has a bolt and nut like it was the top (like a finial?) of something else - and something larger.
    What is this??
    Is it a Erte?
    PS - it measures 22" tall not counting the sockets
    Thanks for any info; I greatly appreciate it!

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  2. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Probably had an onxy base, long smashed and missing. Style of figure is Chiparus, but don't think it's one of his ...odd thing, no doubt you will be able to find some more info , someone will be along to expand soon, no doubt.
     
  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    she's nice....very art deco style...missing some nice globes and a thick marble base........but...to me...she doesn't look old....
     
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  4. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    Those tension spring globe holders are clues that this may not be old. Early ones were a flat head bolt.
     
  5. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    The safety labels on the bulb sockets can't be very old. 20+ years or so? Does anyone know for sure?
     
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  6. DragonflyWink

    DragonflyWink Well-Known Member

  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    not even a stone base then.............
     
  8. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    Poor girl hasn't been treated very kindly in her short life. :(
     
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  9. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Thanks all (and of course you DragonflyWink!) - so what can Ido to give her a base?
    I still like her!
     
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  10. rink28

    rink28 Well-Known Member

    If your planning to re sell it I wouldn't even bother putting any money into it. Sell it as is and be happy what you get for it.
     
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  11. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    I don't think she is worth new globes & a base if you are going to be selling her. Cheaper to ship without them too.
     
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  12. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I would suggest you find a local company that makes trophies for sports events. I needed a marble base for a lamp that got broken. Most places I contacted wanted 125 to 200 to find a replacement. The local trophy place found a new base for me for 35 dollars. It was an inch shorter but the difference in price was wonderful. You only see the difference when the two lamps are side by side. Since I have them apart by 7 feet you can not tell.
    greg
     
  13. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    This is a great idea! I would fix her. I think she's lovely and if I'd have found her, I'd keep her.

    I noticed perhaps when she was knocked off of her base, the base damage occurred? I cannot even find any actual "damage" to her? Excellent FIND!! :cat: Congrats!!
     
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  14. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    You might even try a place that makes granite countertops. They are normally
    1-1/4 inch thick and they would have scrap cut ends. They may even drill a center hole and a recess for the nut in the bottom for just a few dollars.
     
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  15. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi Sandra,
    Good call!!!!
    greg
     
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  16. Sandra

    Sandra Well-Known Member

    Thanks Greg, I am always trying to find a way to minimize the cost of repairs to keep the price I can resell it to a minimum.
     
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  17. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    Both great ideas - I was just at a local trophy shop getting a small plaque added to a gold foil $100 bill inside 2 pieces of plexiglass so I know a shop and father & son who run it!
     
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  18. Roshan Ko

    Roshan Ko Well-Known Member

    please keep us posted on how it turns out :)
     
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  19. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    As said above, Art Deco, not Art Nouveau :)
     
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