Painted Lamp

hello, new member from USA.

Background: We kept this lamp from when we cleared my mother-in-law’s estate several years ago. She inherited it from her mother-in-law’s estate in 1997. The original owner was born in 1902 and lived in East TX. Much of her furniture appeared to be Victorian, or repro Victorian/empire from the 20s-40s(?). It’s been packed up and I’m deciding whether to rewire it and keep it, sell it if it has any worth, or take it to Goodwill. Please help me identify any info about it and possible worth.

I believe some of it is hand painted (raised paint) but I’m not savvy enough to know if all handpainted. It’s jointed in the middle, I don’t know if it was manufactured that way or cut to wire.

That’s paint on the side of the plug, it has no identifying info on the plug or prongs

The only possible identifying mark was the gold smudged spot on the closeup of the bottom of the lamp

Thanks for any help

 

It's china, for one thing. Can you see anything on that sticker? I suspect Italian: the rose painting and gilding are fairly typical. Post WW2 to my eye.

 

No shade? From what I can see, I'd agree post World War II. 1950ish.

Debora

 

I threw away the shade it was dingy, it was definitely not original - assuming my MIL purchased it and put it on lamp at some point

 

Glad to hear you determined it wasn't original before you tossed it. Many people don't realize that old shades can be recovered which maintains the period integrity of a piece (and contributes to value.) Modern store-bought shades more often than not look like awkward marriages (and poor quality ones at that.)

Debora

 

Of course it needs rewiring, as you mentioned. Only keep it if you like it a lot. If not, I'd say selling or donating would be best.