Description: FOR YOUR ATTENTION & CONSIDERATION: VERY UNUSUAL AND BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC DESK LAMP. THIS LAMP WAS ASSEMBLED FROM A GORGEOUS EARLY SLAG GLASS ELECTRIC LAMP SHADE AND 19th. CENTURY CAST BRONZE BEAR FIGURE, MOST LIKELY A CIGAR LIGHTER IN THE PAST, SET ON A BURL RED WOOD SLAG BASE. DURING MANY YEARS OF SELLING AND COLLECTING ANTIQUES I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR COMPOSITE LAMPS AND CONSIDER AND CLASSIFY THEM AS FOLK ART LIGHTING. IN MY OPINION THE CONVERSION TOOK PLACE DURING 1910-1920. THE LAMP WAS ACQUIRED FROM AN OLD SAN FRANCISCO APOTHECARY. RUSSIAN OWNERS OF IT HAD RETIRED, BUT COULD REMEMBER THE LAMP PRESENT IN THEIR STORE FROM LATE 1930's. THE BEAR BRONZE CASTING IS VERY DETAILED AND SHARP, DOESN'T HAVE ANY MANUFACTURER MARKS, IT COULD BE AUSTRIAN OR RUSSIAN. I FOUND THE LAMP IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE GLASS SHADE IS WITHOUT ANY CHIPS, CRACKS OR REPAIRS. THE BRONZE HAS IT'S OLD ORIGINAL AND BEAUTIFUL PATINA. I HAD TO REWIRE THE BASE WITH A PERIOD CORD, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE SAFELY USED NOW. THE MEASUREMENTS ARE: 18' TALL, THE OVAL SLAG GLASS SHADE IS 14" x 12", THE RED WOOD SLAG BASE IS 14" BY 10". PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VISIT US AT: GONEWITHEWINDANTIQUES.COM TO SEE OUR GWTW LAMP COLLECTION FOR SALE.
Price: 18000 USD
Location: San Jose, California
End Time: 2024-01-27T07:46:23.000Z
Shipping Cost: 400 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Primary Material: BRONZE/ WOOD/ GLASS
Antique: Yes
Signed: No
Color: BRONZE/ PINK/ BROWN
Material: BRONZE/GLASS
Year Manufactured: 1911
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Lamps
Country/Region of Origin: AUSTRIA/ RUSSIA
Style: Black Forest
Original/Reproduction: Original
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Age: 1890 -1920
