Astoria Hotel Lamp

I was told this came from the Astoria Hotel in New York before the hotel merged with the Waldorf. The lamp is incomplete, missing the glass and socket. Think it may be silver plated. Extremely detailed! Soo many scenes all different around the entire lamp. Looks like a Gods creation theme, where there are angles at the top and dark things at the bottom. Very impressive looking. I'd love to know what it looked like originally. I'd restore it, unless it has a high value. At that point I'd leave it to a professional. Any info would be appreciated.

 

anything on the stone base............

 

Silver and silver plate was meant to be polished.
You won't hurt it if you do a little gentle cleaning.

Looks like you have been able to take it apart which will help with cleaning.

Me personally, I would squirt it with 50/50 ammonia and water, then use a sponge with Dawn liquid on it, soap it up, let it sit 10-15 minutes before rinsing thoroughly. That will take a lot of the grime off.
Then use a liquid polish and work small sections at a time. Not a harsh polish, if it is plate sometimes the harsher polishes will wear through older plate.

Wait for other suggestions on how to clean, before deciding what to do.

 

How tall?

 

OMG Spring!!!!!! WHAT happened to you!!!!!!!!!!!!you're SO DEAD looking

 

Totally OT but your title brought this back to me...

My father had a temp secretary working for him when he was at RCA in New York in the 1950s-60s. She left him a message that someone had called and to call him back at the "World Office Story Hotel".

My father finally figured out he was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

 

In shape it resembles a ciborium.