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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: circada on November 23, 2010, 06:29:28 AM
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Hi,
We just brought this iridescent glass lamp base and would like to find out as much as possible about its age and origin.
We have been told it may be from Murano and anytime from 1910-1950?
It stands about 370 mm high.
The metal on the top is brass and the lampshade holder is 290mm in diameter (a bit less than 12 inches).
We have no idea what the shade that originally was on it looked like but would like to find out so we can put it back to the way it should be.
cheers,
Brad
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I'd definitely agree that it is Murano. To my eye, though, the style is more post 1960, following the style of Radi and then Aldo Nason. Search for Radi "Yokohama" line and you'll see what I mean. I couldn't suggest a maker. Interesting piece. I imagine that it was a very nice silk shade. I'd go with what looks good to you., but I wouldn't want anything that distracted attention from the body of the lamp.
David
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Metal work would also tie in with the base being 60s. You could go to Venice and get a matching shade made, should be glass.
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Sorry, just have to say 'wow'! That is insanely beautiful! :o
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I'd definitely agree that it is Murano. To my eye, though, the style is more post 1960, following the style of Radi and then Aldo Nason. Search for Radi "Yokohama" line and you'll see what I mean. I couldn't suggest a maker. Interesting piece. I imagine that it was a very nice silk shade. I'd go with what looks good to you., but I wouldn't want anything that distracted attention from the body of the lamp.
David
Radi was my first thought, too. It is a gorgeous lamp.
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I was having a whizz through Murano glass lamps, and I think Frank is right, it would almost certainly have had a matching glass shade.
I realise this is all Millefiori glass, but I thought it was lovely to see a lamp with the matching shade still intact.......
http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/315588
Do look at the other pages either side of this listing.....magnificent Italian glass....if I see anything closer or more relevant, I'll be back in touch. :hi:
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I found this lamp attributed to Galliano Ferro on Antique Helper: http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/297270. The shade looks like the glass in Brad's base.
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Nice one Rosie, probably 30s
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Well spotted marriage Anita.... Brad needs that shade!!!! But his fitting suggests a completely different shape of shade.
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That looks like a match to me, Anita. I still think that it would be a silk shade, as that seems to be what the fitting and the size of the lamp need.
David
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The lamp looked like a marriage to me, Frank, until I checked the bottom of the dome. Now I'm not sure. They look the same color. The color of the dome may be different because it looks better when lit. I don't know if the attribution is correct. I don't trust Antique Helper completely unless I see a label or know the glass. They do provide a good direction to look, however.
I agree with a silk or similar cloth shade. I doubt that the base will ever find a partner exactly like it. The harp on the lamp looks like it was made to support a simple dome.
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Fabulous Lamp...
Personally I would put a paper shade with a colored exterior on it to focus light at the lamp body and not create a lit white shade which would detract from the glass IMHO..... Finding a matching glass shade would likely be a futile search......
Possibly a cone shaped shade...... maybe even a gold exterior on the shade.....
I also agree with a post 1960 production based on colors and the lack of oxidation to the brass fitting. My experience is even if the brass is lacquered, it generally changes color with enough age. This does not appear to have done so....
The Antique Helper lamp looks like a marriage to me. The fitter for the shade is merely threaded on the rod that comes out of the body, and would likely have been an easy retro fit using industry standard threading.... The decors of the two pieces do not look right together, at least to me....
Craig
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Wow Frank, how did I miss that one...I thought I had scoured that site....obviously a case of 'can't see for looking'!!
There's no doubt it is the same maker....so we are looking for a wider, flatter mushroom shape by the looks of it.....on with the search..........
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Anita Rosie
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Wow, Thank you very much for all your replies.
The information you have provided is terriffic.
We brought the lamp base purely because we liked its look and it is great to be able to learn more about who made it and how it was made.
I think we will go for a silk shade with some gold decoration.
thanks again,
cheers,
Brad & Lynne