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<p>[QUOTE="Bruce G, post: 122670, member: 1574"]Hi All,</p><p>I have done some more online research and talked with a local dealer who is more familiar with Tiffany. I now believe the 2 lamps were made by Bradley & Hubbard sometime between 1885 and 1900. The wire scroll decorations can be attributed to The Handel Company which apparently was known for this type of decoration along with Tiffany on their student lamps. I was able to find some Bradley & Hubbard student lamps online that had nearly identical wire scroll decorations. Who copied who would be hard to say as employees moved from company to company. I am leaning toward Handel as starting this wire decoration on the lamps before Tiffany based on my research so far. It seems the wire scroll decorations on table lamps as opposed to student lamps is quite rare.</p><p>I was not able to find any other table lamp examples. The missing shades on our two examples were probably of the round globe design. The globe decoration could have been any type popular at that time including etched, cut, painted, embossed, etc.</p><p>Anyone with additional info. Please comment.</p><p>I will be searching for an appropriate shade for mine</p><p>Bruce G.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce G, post: 122670, member: 1574"]Hi All, I have done some more online research and talked with a local dealer who is more familiar with Tiffany. I now believe the 2 lamps were made by Bradley & Hubbard sometime between 1885 and 1900. The wire scroll decorations can be attributed to The Handel Company which apparently was known for this type of decoration along with Tiffany on their student lamps. I was able to find some Bradley & Hubbard student lamps online that had nearly identical wire scroll decorations. Who copied who would be hard to say as employees moved from company to company. I am leaning toward Handel as starting this wire decoration on the lamps before Tiffany based on my research so far. It seems the wire scroll decorations on table lamps as opposed to student lamps is quite rare. I was not able to find any other table lamp examples. The missing shades on our two examples were probably of the round globe design. The globe decoration could have been any type popular at that time including etched, cut, painted, embossed, etc. Anyone with additional info. Please comment. I will be searching for an appropriate shade for mine Bruce G.[/QUOTE]
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