Topic: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print

[Lustrousstone]

I found this fairy lamp cover the other day at a flea market and managed to pick it up a base on another stall! It's ruby (not as orange as the photo) over creamy uranium but with a delicate transfer print of wild flowers (wild roses, goose grass and chickweed) in green. Any thoughts anyone? I believe the base is Davidson from the hobnails

[keith]

Not a clue but a great find, 

[Ohio]

I second the great find statement. That little lamp is superb.

[Lustrousstone]

Thank you both. And it was cheap 

[Anne E.B.]

Could the base be Gebruder von Streit shown here http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/index2.html  Second image matches yours.

[Mod: Not sure if everyone gets the same result, but for me the above link only displays a starting page of the site. but .... Click "Streit" in the left side list of makers. Scroll down to "Kerzenhalter - Candlesticks". Click the first item shown in that category. Scroll down to see image 2.]

[Lustrousstone]

I think you're right. Thanks Anne  Those hobnails are identical to Davidson's...

Here it is. Mine is the short one
http://www.glas-musterbuch.de/Streit-1930.106+B6YmFja1BJRD0xMDYmcHJvZHVjdElEPTQ2ODQmcGlkX3Byb2R1Y3Q9MTA2JmRldGFpbD0_.0.html

[Paul S.]

great finds Christine  -  not so easy to find good fairly lamps these days, even mis-matched ones   -  unfortunately, the decoration isn't coming out green on my screen.   

As for the lamp itself, I'll buy the rose, but my opinion is that the other fauna are neither goose grass nor chickweed.             
Although one of them does have a rather vague similarity to goose grass, I can't imagine any artist really choosing that for decoration (it's a very nondescript weed)  -  what it actually is I've no idea.          The other plant species - with the approximately triangular shaped leaves looks rather like one of the maiden hair ferns  -  not native to the U.K., so my suggestion would be your lamp is from the States, possibly, but I'm really not sure.

But just to repeat  -  very good finds.

[Lustrousstone]

Mr Jim Sapp has been very helpful with this. The lamp was commissioned by Samuel Clarke and Jim believes they are British
Similar are shown in a 1897 advert
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/116329-fairy-lamps--transfer-or-stencil-decora?hc_location=ufi
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/31650-clarke-fairy-lamps--color-ads?hc_location=ufi

[nick.a]

Hi Christine,
These people are calling it "wild rose" : http://www.theantiquedispensary.co.uk/stock-items/antique-glass/wild-rose-clarkes-glass-fairy-lamp-light/
This link has some Clarke ads that link them  to Thomas Webb : http://www.justglass.com/documents/articles/inhouse/fairy.html
Regards
Nick

[chopin-liszt]

 
A lovely attribution to have for it.