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<p>[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 426, member: 23"][ATTACH=full]38[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the inside of the lamp it says "Heart Tiffany, New London, CT" and has a tiny heart soldered next to the metal plate. I'm going to look up the company now. I hadn't even thought about looking for a name.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here's the story according to Collectors Weekly:</p><ol> <li>Hi allison, not sure if you where able to see the one post from solver about a trademark being filed in 1982 but was revoked in 1985</li> <li><b><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/lamplight" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/lamplight" rel="nofollow"><u>lamplight</u></a></b>, <i>8 months ago</i><br /> Okay...so back in 1981 a friend of mine is selling these beautiful Heart Tiffany lead came stained glass lamp shades out of the back of his van. The way I remember the story...Heart Tiffany was owned by a young couple in New London CT. and they worked out of an old factory. The owners of the company had friends and relatives driving all over New England selling these lamp stands and shades to whoever would buy them. I remember the 18" hanging shades retailed for $425. - $450. (1980 dollars). I'm thinking Heart Tiffany was gone prior to 1985 because I bought 6 or 8 shades and lamps from my buddy really cheap in 1983 when the company couldn't pay his commission. Anyway I still have a few of them (not for sale) There trade mark was a little heart shaped piece of stained glass somewhere leaded into the shade..... great quality stuff.</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 426, member: 23"][ATTACH=full]38[/ATTACH] On the inside of the lamp it says "Heart Tiffany, New London, CT" and has a tiny heart soldered next to the metal plate. I'm going to look up the company now. I hadn't even thought about looking for a name. So here's the story according to Collectors Weekly: [LIST=1] [*]Hi allison, not sure if you where able to see the one post from solver about a trademark being filed in 1982 but was revoked in 1985 [*][B][URL='http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/lamplight'][U]lamplight[/U][/URL][/B], [I]8 months ago[/I] Okay...so back in 1981 a friend of mine is selling these beautiful Heart Tiffany lead came stained glass lamp shades out of the back of his van. The way I remember the story...Heart Tiffany was owned by a young couple in New London CT. and they worked out of an old factory. The owners of the company had friends and relatives driving all over New England selling these lamp stands and shades to whoever would buy them. I remember the 18" hanging shades retailed for $425. - $450. (1980 dollars). I'm thinking Heart Tiffany was gone prior to 1985 because I bought 6 or 8 shades and lamps from my buddy really cheap in 1983 when the company couldn't pay his commission. Anyway I still have a few of them (not for sale) There trade mark was a little heart shaped piece of stained glass somewhere leaded into the shade..... great quality stuff. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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