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| johnwerry... |
 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:26 am |
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I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/ |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:57 am |
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On Jun 29, 10:46 am, Balanced View <N... at (no spam) nill.net> wrote:
Quote: johnwerry wrote:
I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/
I had another look, it's interesting, and it might be a period piece,
but Hubble is not really an indicator of age though,
they practically invented the American light socket and are still in
operation. I might suggest checking out the
companies patents for plugs and sockets to put a time line on your lamp.
Here's a link for the company:http://www.hubbell.com/history.htm
Mike
Looked through my worthless lamp book and stylistically speaking it
resembles something
from The Chicago Mosaic Lamp Company.
T. |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:13 am |
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On Jun 29, 2:57 pm, ectoplasmicFin... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: On Jun 29, 10:46 am, Balanced View <N... at (no spam) nill.net> wrote:
johnwerry wrote:
I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/
I had another look, it's interesting, and it might be a period piece,
but Hubble is not really an indicator of age though,
they practically invented the American light socket and are still in
operation. I might suggest checking out the
companies patents for plugs and sockets to put a time line on your lamp..
Here's a link for the company:http://www.hubbell.com/history.htm
Mike
Looked through my worthless lamp book and stylistically speaking it
resembles something
from The Chicago Mosaic Lamp Company.
T.-
The one web page I see, says they marked their bases "Chicago
Mosaic". I'm always chary of an unmarked piece like this.
The OP bought it on a Saturday -- antique show? If so, I have a rule:
if the dealer has ONE lamp, it may be genuine (OR a marriage of
older parts). If the dealer's booth is full of lamps, I say "Chinese
base with Mexican shade, old findings". This one rings a bell.
What did the OP pay for it? |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:26 am |
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johnwerry wrote:
Quote: I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/
Off the top of my head it looks wrong, a reproduction. There are tons of
them out there, and I
get emails all the from Chinese companies offering to sell comparable
examples wholesale.
The big question is, where did you buy it and how much did you pay for
it? Lamps like this
that are original late 19th to early 20th century examples do not escape
the notice of collectors,
even the gullible old public knows about Tiffany and their potential
value ;~)
Mike |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:46 am |
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johnwerry wrote:
Quote: I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/
I had another look, it's interesting, and it might be a period piece,
but Hubble is not really an indicator of age though,
they practically invented the American light socket and are still in
operation. I might suggest checking out the
companies patents for plugs and sockets to put a time line on your lamp.
Here's a link for the company:
http://www.hubbell.com/history.htm
Mike |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:48 pm |
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The one web page I see, says they marked their bases "Chicago
Mosaic".
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Ah. OK.
T. |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:53 pm |
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ParallelCooler at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: On Jun 29, 2:57 pm, ectoplasmicFin... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 29, 10:46 am, Balanced View <N... at (no spam) nill.net> wrote:
johnwerry wrote:
I purchased this antique lamp yesterday and none of my reference books
give me a clue as to the maker. It has Hubbell sockets, acorn pulls,
and the base is heavy bronze. Anyone know or know where I could find
another site on the Internet that could help me identify it? There
are no markings otherwise.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67005936 at (no spam) N00/sets/72157605875506010/
I had another look, it's interesting, and it might be a period piece,
but Hubble is not really an indicator of age though,
they practically invented the American light socket and are still in
operation. I might suggest checking out the
companies patents for plugs and sockets to put a time line on your lamp.
Here's a link for the company:http://www.hubbell.com/history.htm
Mike
Looked through my worthless lamp book and stylistically speaking it
resembles something
from The Chicago Mosaic Lamp Company.
T.-
The one web page I see, says they marked their bases "Chicago
Mosaic". I'm always chary of an unmarked piece like this.
The OP bought it on a Saturday -- antique show? If so, I have a rule:
if the dealer has ONE lamp, it may be genuine (OR a marriage of
older parts). If the dealer's booth is full of lamps, I say "Chinese
base with Mexican shade, old findings". This one rings a bell.
What did the OP pay for it?
The problem is it looks like a lot of lamps ;~) It just doesn't "Feel
Right" to me, I've seen this one before, but the little gray cells
need to percolate a bit.....If I was getting paid I'd think much harder ;~)
Mike |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:23 pm |
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On Jun 29, 11:48 pm, ectoplasmicFin... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: The one web page I see, says they marked their bases "Chicago
Mosaic".
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Ah. OK.
T.
But the shade may be "right".....with a marriaged base?
Like Mike, there's just something about this one.
Where there any lamp companies of this lamp's purported
age, who didn't mark their items? |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:40 pm |
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ParallelCooler at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: On Jun 29, 11:48 pm, ectoplasmicFin... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
The one web page I see, says they marked their bases "Chicago
Mosaic".
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Ah. OK.
T.
But the shade may be "right".....with a marriaged base?
Like Mike, there's just something about this one.
Where there any lamp companies of this lamp's purported
age, who didn't mark their items?
Ton's of them didn't, but most unknown. Only the big names generally
grab the headlines, or have much in the
way documentation. I've seen unmarked lamps every bit as good as Handel,
Pairpoint, etc. go for a tenth as
much as a marked example. It's like anything else, the originators get
in, develop a market, and the copy cats
climb on board until the fad/demand for a style runs its course. |
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