Description:
Handel Metal Overlay Table Lamp
Slag glass, patinated metal
Meriden, Connecticut, c. 1912
Seven caramel slag glass panels with green tree lined landscape on lower panels, marked Handel Lamps on rim, fitted with a two socket cluster with acorn pulls, ribbed patinated metal base, stamped Handel, ht. 21 1/2, shade dia. 17 3/4 in.
Literature: The Handel Lamps Book by Carole Goldman Hibel, John Hibel, and John Fontaine, see p. 60 bottom left illustration, for shade, p. 43 bottom left illustration, for base.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Glass good. Patination loss to base.
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Keywords
Carole Goldman Hibel, John Fontaine, John Hibel, Meriden20th Century Design
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