Topic: Help ID Lamp

[wolkenreb]

Gosh.  That is stunning!

[Frank]

So all the colour is enamel on opal. Are the red fruits and green triangulars also opal glass?

I really need to find some of my lighting books... (still crated from a relocation) my initial instinct on this was Frank Lloyd Wright but starting to have doubts... other important names would be Handel, Wilkinson and then Generic Chicago (Tiffany, very unlikely) as well as many others. The problem is that the bulk of all of their work was using flat stained glass panels and better ones still fetch 4 figures. A piece like this would be much less common and thus harder to be sure of source as finding another might be impossible.

Do have an inch by inch search of all the metal castings for a foundry mark, it should be there somewhere.

My main concern is the quality of the holder casting, its coarseness is what pushes me to an after 1915 date, plus of course shades for electric light earlier than that are few and far between. Additionally the internal fixing suggest a date circa 20s to me although my knowledge is mostly with English work. Had the holder been finer cast and with original patina I would thinking converted gas shade... which is still possible but few gas burners would fit that hole and then the other end would be open too and the red filler a later addition. Does that the red filler on that bottom finial totally match the fruit colour. It looks different in the photo. It could be that the bottom was fitted to the gas pipe and then the burner added - so a converted gas shade is not impossible but I feel unlikely.

[serafin]

Thanks Frank,I think that the red fruits and green triangulars are also opal glass.to me it looks that it is the same glass,also all the red fruits have some white on the edges,and one have some more. The ceilling cap,i think is broken,and it supoused to be a large tube going down to the globe,maybe for hide the elictric cord,i realy dont now,tomorrow i am going to look for the marks,i hope that i find something.

[angel2]

 :angel: :angel:

Woweeeeeeee!!!!!!!   

angel2

[wolkenreb]

Serafin - do you know anything of the history of this lamp?

[serafin]

This lamp belonged to my grandmother, my family own this lamp for over 60 years, thats all i now.thanks.

[serafin]

Another photo.

http://subefotos.com/ver/?678e948be7e357bd56dd491d3f11d7eco.jpg

[Frank]

Unless some recognises this it will not get a quick answer, takes time to track down such unusual items.

[serafin]

Ok Frank ,i will wait,and hope you can tell me good news ,thank you,

[serafin]

Hello Frank,i found this mark on the lamp,at first i thought that it was a number 3,but it might be a letter E,here are some pictures,one is original, but you almost can not see the mark,I'm sending another modified pictures so you can see the symbol,thanks.
http://subefotos.com/ver/?3a1eb44eeceec76cfe62d387b2e9174fo.jpg
 
http://subefotos.com/ver/?08a458d226a855b567cf51cab101bc2eo.jpg
 
http://subefotos.com/ver/?b10b4333415d46525843b9bb1861f429o.jpg