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Title: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 21, 2015, 12:22:33 PM

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

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: keith on March 21, 2015, 12:55:22 PM

Not a clue but a great find,  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Ohio on March 21, 2015, 02:45:09 PM

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

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 21, 2015, 02:48:18 PM

Thank you both. And it was cheap  ;D

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Anne E.B. on March 21, 2015, 03:58:34 PM

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.]

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 21, 2015, 04:02:41 PM

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

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Paul S. on March 21, 2015, 08:04:38 PM

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. :)

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 10, 2015, 08:25:35 PM

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

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: nick.a on April 10, 2015, 10:58:13 PM

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

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: chopin-liszt on April 11, 2015, 10:19:37 AM

 :)
A lovely attribution to have for it.

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 11, 2015, 11:30:29 AM

Thanks Nick. You can rest assured I didn't pay that much for mine. I shall keep my eyes open for a more contemporary base. Though I think it looks quite good on its toy boy base, as its in a much earlier style. The lamp is not actually Burmese of course

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: KevinH on April 11, 2015, 10:00:47 PM

Hi folks,

A couple of queries from your local confused Moderator:

1. Please note that I have added a comment to Reply 4 (Anne E.B. post), relating to the link included. Is it my system, or does the wonderful pressglas.pavillon site not provide lower level URL details?

2. We seem to have "the lamp commissioned by Clarke" (British as I understand it), but the stand made by Streit (German). So do we know who made the "shade" (or whatever we call the coloured bit)?

I would like to add an ID and move the thread to the relevant place ... but ... what place would that be?

Title: Re: Fairy lamp cover with transfer print
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 12, 2015, 09:35:08 AM

Pamela's website is created using frames, so you have to know how to find the url of each page. Here is is
http://www.pressglas-pavillon.de/kerzenhalter/05288.jpg
The lamp may (or may not) be British in origin but it was commissioned by a British company Samuel Clarke, candle maker.
The base which is considerably younger but looks fine is German.

I was really only showing the lamp but the lovely Anne gave me an ID for the base.

You could put it in two places but change the title for the base. Sorry poor confused moderator  :-*