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Antique Greek Lamps

Pair Antique Greek Revival Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Table Lamps
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Antique 19th Century Greek Revival Table Lamps

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Porcelain, Wood

Pair Antique Greek Revival Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
Pair Antique Greek Revival Porcelain Vases Mounted as Table Lamps
$3,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 37.5 in W 7.25 in D 7.25 in
Antique Italian Hollywood Regency Faceted Clear Glass Greek Key Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Hollywood Regency Faceted Clear Glass Greek Key Table Lamp with Flower Etchings
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair Antique Greek Revival Franz Barbedienne Bronze Candelabra
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large French 19 century Greek Revival patinated bronze candelabra with gilt highlights on
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Antique 19th Century French Greek Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Bust Trojan Greek General Ajax Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Bust Trojan Greek General Ajax Table Lamp. Item features a stately
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Grand Tour Table Lamps

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Bronze

Antique E. F. Caldwell Bronze and Marble Table Lamp with Figural Greek Mask Feet
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An antique E. F. Caldwell bronze and marble table lamp of exceptional quality. Feet modeled as
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Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Table Lamps

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Pair of Neo-Greek Floor Lamps Att. to Lacarrière, Delatour & Cie, France, C 1860
By Lacarrière, Delatour and Co.
Located in PARIS, FR
height : 136 cm (53,5 in.) Lamp height : 52 cm (20,4 in.) Beautiful pair of neo-Greek floor lamps in
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Antique 1860s French Greek Revival Floor Lamps

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Pair of Antique French Faux Malachite Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Antique French Faux Malachite Lamps. Exceptionally well executed lamps with an excellent
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Early 20th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Marble, Metal

Pair of Antique French Faux Malachite Lamps
Pair of Antique French Faux Malachite Lamps
$2,950 / set
H 29 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Antique Table Lamp a la Ancient Torchere
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique table lamp in wood with gilt metal embellishments is designed to resemble an ancient
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Early 20th Century European Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Brass Corinthian Column Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A brass corinthian column lamp, 19th century. Electrified and sold by Sentimento Antiques. 6
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Greek Revival Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Single Bronze Empire Satyr Head Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Single antique Napoleon III era table lamp made from a mantle urn or vase. The lamp features
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Antique 1880s French Classical Greek Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass, Spelter

Single Bronze Empire Satyr Head Table Lamp
Single Bronze Empire Satyr Head Table Lamp
$985
H 20 in W 7.5 in D 5.5 in
Neo Grec Bronze Urn on Marble Base Converted to a Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome antique urn that has been converted to a lamp. The bronze has patinated beautifully. Fine
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Antique Late 19th Century Greek Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Neo Grec Bronze Urn on Marble Base Converted to a Lamp
Neo Grec Bronze Urn on Marble Base Converted to a Lamp
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
H 34.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Pair of Neo Grec Bronze Urns on Marble Bases Converted to Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome pair of antique urns that have been converted to lamps. The bronze has patinated
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Antique Late 19th Century Greek Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair of Neo Grec Bronze Urns on Marble Bases Converted to Lamps
Pair of Neo Grec Bronze Urns on Marble Bases Converted to Lamps
$3,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 34.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
Located in Madrid, ES
A massive and elegant wall lamp inspired by Ancient Athens and Greek antiquity. Crafted from gilded
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Vintage 1920s Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze

Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
$7,983
H 86.62 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
Located in Madrid, ES
A massive and elegant wall lamp inspired by Ancient Athens and Greek antiquity. Crafted from gilded
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Vintage 1920s Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze

Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
Huge Wall Lamp in Ancient Greek Style - 190 cm Height
$7,983
H 86.62 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
Boucheron Parcel Gilt Silver Vase and Oil Lamp circa 1880
By Fréderic Boucheron
Located in New York, US
Our important parcel-gilt and patinated silver and glass-mounted vase and matching oil lamp were
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Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases

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Silver

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Vintage Greek Hand-Painted Earthenware Amphora Lamp, circa 1950, Custom Shade
Located in Houston, TX
. A vintage Greek hand-painted earthenware amphora in the antique style depicting scenes from
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Vintage 1950s Greek Classical Greek Table Lamps

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Antique Architectural Iron Lamps-Pair
Located in Austin, TX
Antique iron gate pieces with original patina paint and aging iron made into table lamps. Greek Key
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Iron

Antique Architectural Iron Lamps-Pair
Antique Architectural Iron Lamps-Pair
H 29.75 in W 16.25 in D 9 in
Antique Pair Arts & Crafts Rembrandt Figural Pegasus Lamps Circa 1930
By Rembrandt Lamp Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts pair of table lamps by Rembrandt offer cast metal construction with
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Early 20th Century American Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Antique Pair of French Classical Figural Greek Muse Gilt Table Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of French classical figural lamps offer gilt metal construction with dancing Greek
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20th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Pair of Large Antique Brass & Marble Table Lamps Depicting Greek Goddess Athena
Located in London, GB
A monumental pair of bronze table lamps on marble bases, depicting the ancient Greek goddess Athena
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass

Classical Ancient Greek Euphronios Pottery Vase Style Table Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A visually striking large reverse painted neoclassical vasiform table lamp. After the antique by
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Late 20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Brass

Antique Classical Bronzed Recumbent Robed Scholar Figural Table Lamp
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Classical table lamp offers bronzed sculpture of recumbent robed man (scholar) with
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Antique Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

Materials

Wire, Metal, Bronze

Antique French Classical Figural Maiden Carved Alabaster Table Lamp, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French classical table lamp offers carved alabaster figural sculpture of your woman with
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Early 20th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Alabaster

Antique Bronze & Brass Figural Soldat Spartiate Lamp After Jean-Pierre Cartot
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural 'Soldat Spartiate' table lamp after sculpture by Jean-Pierre Cortot (French
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Antique Early 19th Century American Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Brass, Bronze

Pair of Neo-Greco Antique Cast Bronze Amphora Table Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A handsome pair of lamps likely designed after the Olympian deities of the Greek pantheon, this
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20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Antique Pair of Classical Bronzed Figural Cherub Dual Light Table Lamp Bases
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of antique classical bronzed figural lamp bases each feature a cherub seated on tasseled
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20th Century Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Antique French Figural Gilt Metal Classical Cherub & Lyre Table Lamp, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French figural table lamp offers cast and gilt metal base with classical cherub and lyre
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20th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Antique Victorian Gilt Metal & Onyx Gone With The Wind Parlor Lamp c1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian parlor lamp offers hand painted floral glass shade over gilt metal base having
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Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Metal

Attrib Benedetto Boschetti Bronze Male Bust of Ajax Greek Lamp Mythological Hero
Located in Dublin, Ireland
proportions, after the antique, attributed to Benedetto Boschetti (1820-1860). Now converted to an electric
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Busts

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Classical Figural Gilt Bronze & Rouge Marble Candelabra Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural lamp offers gilt bronze scroll and foliate form candelabra surmounting urn form
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Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Greek More Lighting

Materials

Marble, Wire, Metal, Bronze

Antique Classical Gilt Bronze & Rouge Marble Figural Candelabra Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural table lamp offers candelabra having gilt bronze scrolled foliate form arms
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Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Greek Candelabras

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Marble, Wire, Metal, Bronze

Antique Figural Bronze Gone with the Wind Gilt Art Glass Oil Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Gone With The Wind figural oil lamp features art glass font with gilt foliate garland
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Antique 19th Century French Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Large Italian Baroque Caduceus Partial Gilt Bronze Ewer Lamp Base, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique and large Classical Italian Baroque lamp base offers ewer form with partial gilt bronze
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Antique Greek Olive Jar as Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Terracotta vessel with two handles from Greece. Originally used as an olive jar. Newly wired in
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Antique Late 19th Century Greek Table Lamps

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Terracotta, Wood

Exquisite Antique Bronze Wall Light Greek Goddess Athena
Located in Lincoln, GB
Description Exquisite Antique Bronze Wall Light is a rare and outstanding wall lamp, featuring
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Antique 19th Century English Greek Revival Table Lamps

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Bronze

Pair Antique Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique bronze table lamps in the form of neoclassical vases with the figures of winged
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Antique Late 19th Century French Greek Revival Table Lamps

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Bronze

Antique Harvard School Classical Brass Double Student Lamp, circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Harvard School student lamp offers brass frame with central Classical urn font having
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Antique Late 19th Century American Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Brass

Pair of Antique Classical French Bronze Figural Table Lamps with Silk Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
which the height can be adjusted by a small knob on the rear of the lamps. In ancient Greece, the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Classical Greek Table Lamps

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Neo-Greek Candelabras by L.C. Sévin & F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1878
By Louis-Constant Sevin, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in PARIS, FR
of an antique caryatid, after the model of the statues standing in the "Caryatids Room" in the Louvre
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Antique 1870s French Greek Revival Table Lamps

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Bronze

Marble Hermes Head Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Greek antique green lamp base, ornated by two gilt bronze handles depicting Hermes
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Antique Early 1900s French Table Lamps

Materials

Marble

Marble Hermes Head Lamp
Marble Hermes Head Lamp
H 24 in W 7.5 in D 5.25 in
Early To Mid C Alabaster Urn Lamps With Greek Key Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
EARLY TO MID C ALABASTER URN LAMPS, GREEK KEY MOTIF, WITH CUSTOM GILT BASE AN ATLANTA
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20th Century Table Lamps

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Metal

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Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase
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Italian Art Deco Pergamena Vanity Dressing Table Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Hanover, MA
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Brass

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts of Dionysus and Ariadne 19th Century
Located in London, GB
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Erhard & Sohne Art Nouveau Jewelry Box Casket, Germany, c. 1905
By Erhard & Söhne
Located in London, GB
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Small Pair of Antique Edwardian Quality Japanese Imari Vases
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$446
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$4,963
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Antique Greek Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique Greek lamps is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, bronze and glass, all antique Greek lamps available were constructed with great care. Antique Greek lamps have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Edward F. Caldwell & Co. produced beautiful antique Greek lamps that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Greek Lamps?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,040, while they’re typically $600 on the low end and $8,950 highest priced.

Finding the Right Table-lamps for You

Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.

Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.

After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.

After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons

Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today

If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.

Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.

Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.

Questions About Antique Greek Lamps
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    An antique student lamp is a desk lamp that features a tube-shaped stem and one or two arms. Each arm has its own shade. The design of the student lamp allows it to direct light downward onto a surface for reading. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of student lamps.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    One of the simplest ways to identify an antique lamp is to look for markings that indicate the maker. Then, you can research the artisan or company that made the lamp using trusted online resources to see when they were active. Some antique lamps may have a date stamp on the shade or the bottom of the body of the lamp. Plugs can also provide a clue. Plugs on antique and vintage fixtures may feature exposed screws or prongs that are the same size. Prongs on newer lamps are usually two different sizes. Keep in mind that an antique lamp could have undergone a cord replacement, so what you see may not be an original. When in doubt, you can consult a certified appraiser or experienced antiques dealer for information about specific pieces. Shop a selection of antique lamps on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The best way to determine the age of porcelain lamps is to work with an appraiser. While some online resources can be helpful when you’re looking for information about the value of an item, the suggested value you find may not be the actual value of your item, since that will depend on a number of factors, including the shape it’s in. You’ll find expertly vetted porcelain lamps and other decor on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    To identify an antique floor lamp, first see if you can locate a marking on the shade, base, switch, socket or another area. Using trusted online resources, you can often identify a maker based on these markings. With an unmarked lamp, check the cord. Antique lighting fixtures will usually have a cotton-wrapped cord or exposed wires rather than a polymer-coated cord. The plug is also likely to have prongs the same size if the lamp is antique. Generally, a floor lamp must be at least 100 years old to be considered an antique. For further assistance with the identification process, enlist the help of a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique floor lamps.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
    To identify an antique electric lamp, check out the cord. Antique lamps will usually not have a vinyl or polymer cord cover. Instead, you can expect the wires to be exposed or covered with fabric. In addition, the prongs on antique plugs will be the same size. If your lamp has one small and one large prong, it's unlikely to be an antique. Keep in mind that some antique lamps may have been rewired, so you may wish to get an opinion from a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer. On 1stDibs, find a selection of antique electric lamps.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    A number of things can make an antique lamp valuable. The lamp’s maker is a major determining factor. Pieces made by Tiffany Studios, Baccarat, Handel and Pairpoint are frequently sought by collectors and are generally worth more than others. The style and condition of the piece will also affect how much it's worth. You can enlist the help of a certified appraiser or experienced antiques dealer for assistance evaluating a particular lamp. Shop an assortment of antique lamps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    There are a few key things to look for to identify an antique oil lamp. First check for a patent number anywhere on your lamp. Use a black light to inspect whether your lamp’s hardware is secured with glue, which fluoresces and would indicate a contemporary lamp. Antique lamps use plaster to attach hardware and fill gaps. An antique oil lamp may have hand-blown glass. Shop a range of professionally authenticated antique oil lamps on 1stDibs.