TIFFANY STUDIOS | "Apple Blossom" Table Lamp

with a jeweled “Candlestick” base

Lillian Nassau, New York, 2007

Alastair Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2007, pp. 61, no. 224, 127, no. 536 (for the shade) and 92, no. 364 (for a variant of the base)

Overall very good condition. This shade is distinguished by a highly artistic glass selection featuring complex “confetti” glass (also known as “fractured” glass) in the background passages, which imparts the lamp with strong pictorial depth and visual movement. The shade with fewer than 5 hairline cracks dispersed throughout, stable. The shade with some light surface soiling throughout concentrated to the contours adjacent to the leadlines. The base is in very good condition and displays a warm brown patina with scattered minor surface scratches, abrasions, and minor wear consistent with age and gentle use. The base with some light surface soil concentrated to the recessed contours of the design. The favrile glass jewels at the top of the base standard are in very good condition and display luminous iridescence. The sockets and pull chains appear to be original and undisturbed. With a period finial in very good condition with minor surface scratches, abrasions, and a small shallow dent, consistent with age and gentle handling. A very charming lamp displaying an exemplary glass selection and highly complementary shade and base pairing.
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