Old lamp Tiffany style, help please

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  1. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Unfortunately it only has half of a shade!!:(:mad::sour::banghead:
    The base feels like real bronze, but I'm no expert, I can't find any markings. The base is covered in a piece of leather, and I don't know if it came that way or if someone adhered it later, because I have another lamp that I am going to ask for help with from the same estate, and it too has a leather bottom.
    Any help with maker, age, origin, etc., is wonderful, and thanks for your time.
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    OH! That's too bad about the shade! :(
     
  3. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    I know, right!!:banghead::(
     
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  4. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I wonder if you took it to a big antiques show to see if the glass grinder can make it flat and then use it for a sconce???
     
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  5. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I'm going out on a limb to say that shade does not look like it went with that base anyway.
     
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  6. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Or I can clean it up and place it in a corner!:D:p:cool:;)
     
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  7. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Hi Bev, I'm pretty sure it goes together. I can see the back where broken, and the inner, upper area fits seamlessly/perfectly with the top metal portion of the lamp.
     
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  8. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

  9. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Bev, that is similar.:)
     
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  10. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I didn't see any shades sans lamps on that page, but I'm sure they are out there. I never saw these when I was collecting Tree in the Meadow and now I've sold it all. Hmmm. Nope, don't need to start a new collection.
     
  11. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Reverse painted so not Tiffany style. Tiffany never did any reverse painted lamps. Quality is not good enough for Handel. Maybe Miller or Jeanette.
     
  12. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    The shade is probably Czech. May have been imported to go with the base.
    The last picture of the base - looks like someone glued a cardboard to the bottom. I doubt that is original.

    The underside of the base may or may not be marked with the foundry. If you are going to rewire, you could look for a foundry mark.
     
  13. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Great Brad, thanks so much for the help & clarification on "Tiffany style" oops! I removed the bottom leather and still found no marks.
    In your opinion, do you think I could list this lamp without a shade? Would there be any interest?, Or should I just hold on to it for my next yard sale:cool:?
    Thanks again
     
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  14. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Cluttered, much appreciated :), i removed the bottom leather piece and found nothing:(
     
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  15. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    You could try listing without the shade as a 1920s-30s Art Nouveau style lamp base.
    Is it pot metal or brass?
     
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  16. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Would be worth listing without the shade. Not going to get rich but should have some interest beyond a yard sale price.
     
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  17. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Cluttered :) It's pot metal or some type of metal.
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  18. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Brad, much appreciated. :)
     
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