Description:
Handel Scarlet Macaw Table Lamp
Reverse-painted glass, patinated metal
Painted by Henry Bedigie, Meriden, Connecticut, c. 1921
Domical shade reverse-painted with two Scarlet Macaw within a tropical foliate and floral surround, fitted with a three socket cluster on a bronzed metal base with branch detail, tree trunk, and roots on circular foot, signed HB on shade, marked Handel lamps on shade ring, and with felt tag on base.
Literature: The Handel Lamps Book by Carole Goldman Hibel, John Hibel, and John Fontaine, see p. 189 illustration 5784 for base, and p. 121 illustration 6874, for shade.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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Keywords
Carole Goldman Hibel, Henry Bedigie, John Fontaine, John Hibel, Scarlet Macaw, Meriden20th Century Design
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