| Accession # |
72.15 |
|
Maker |
Tiffany Studios
|
| Title |
Lamp |
| Date |
ca. 1900 |
| Medium |
Cast bronze, opalescent glass |
| Dimensions |
Base: 11 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (30 x 15.9 x 13 cm)
Globe: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. (12.1 x 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm) |
| Marks |
On bottom of base, impressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS / NEW YORK / 28c35"; below a cipher incorporating initials "GDTCO"
On inner upper rim of globe, incised "L.C.T."
On both sides of switch, molded "G.E.Co."
On plug, molded "GILBERT / UL [in circle] / PAT. PEND." |
| Inscriptions |
no inscriptions |
| Signed |
no signature |
| Credit Line |
Gift of Mrs. Frank Sanders, Jr. |
| Location |
Visible Storage: Case 1, Shelf E (Tiffany Glass)
|
| Description |
Swing desk or table lamp, brown-green patinated cast bronze, with gold-green opalescent glass shade. Elongated oval frame terminating in splayed florettes at circular, domed base and pinched at top by a pin terminating in florettes holding a rotating bell-shaped socket in two pieces screwed together, ending in a disc with rectangular cutouts and three screws holding the short outwardly flaring neck of a tulip-shaped shade with unevenly scalloped lower rim. Flat rectangular black plastic electrical switch on socket. Green silk-wrapped electrical cord from base with brown plastic plug.
CONDITION: Base: very good, minor scratches on bottom due to normal wear. Globe: very good, minor wearing on bottom rim, very small chips on outer top rim. Electrical cord: extremely frayed at connection to base, repaired in midsection, normal wear throughout its length increasing at plug that has been replaced. |
