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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 6901849, member: 5170&quot;]In true Victorian fashion many of these parts were used for more than one purpose. I’ve seen the dancing girl also used in the base of a piano lamp. Both are credited to Charles Parker, but there is some thought that parts may have been made by Meriden and sold unlabeled to Parker. Many of these brass firms were in Connecticut, and there was some back and forth with pieces. I imagine these stands were expensive even then, so there were not a lot of buyers, although I don’t know if you could say they were “made to order.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I would think any restorer here in the US would likely be far away, causing much expensive crating and postage, not to mention the cost of restoration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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