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Title: Monart/Vasart/Strathearn light shade?
Post by: Warky77 on October 07, 2013, 07:57:27 AM

Never posted here so please excuse any failure to follow the normal form.

After buying a lovely old Victorian villa in Perth my wife and I discovered a lightshade in the diningroom that was unusual to us. Photos attached.

The house was with a previous family for decades and many period features were retained.

A friend of ours has indicated that it might be Monart/Vasart or similar - but looking at the online resources and images I can't see anything like it. I was hoping that one of the experts on here might illuminate us (pun intended!)?

It might be that it is just a fake etc, but regardless it is a beautiful item in excellent condition and the brass chains and fittings etc do seem rather old. I can't see any identification marks on it at all.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Warky

Title: Re: Monart/Vasart/Strathearn light shade?
Post by: Lustrousstone on October 07, 2013, 10:05:13 AM

Welcome to the board. It's a genuine period lamp, though not Victorian and not Monart, Vasart or Strathearn. 1940s/50s seems more likely and although this sort of lampshade is pretty common, though yours is slightly unusual colours, I never seen any indication of who made them. Somebody else may know

Title: Re: Monart/Vasart/Strathearn light shade?
Post by: Gary on October 07, 2013, 10:29:40 AM

Hi Warky welcome to the board.
First the bad news, your shade is not Monart, Vasart or Strathearn. The good news is that it is not fake, IMHO it is a period piece (1930s/40s) by unknown maker.
Below are three Monart lampshades from Monart collection.
Follow link for a selection of Monart lighting.
http://www.ysartglass.com/Moncat/PageLighting.htm
Gary

Title: Re: Monart/Vasart/Strathearn light shade?
Post by: chopin-liszt on October 07, 2013, 12:40:42 PM

Although not Ysart glass, it is a lovely and very functional shade to have been left. I do hope you enjoy it. :)

There is a nice selection of Ysart glass in the Perth Museum, if you are interested - and if you get very interested, you can ask for appointments to see the stuff that is in storage as well...
Perth is a lovely city - I hope you are very happy there!

Title: Re: Monart/Vasart/Strathearn light shade?
Post by: Anne on October 07, 2013, 04:21:38 PM

It's very similar to the one in my house which apparently was in from new (house was built 1948) ...