Copper Lighting

Kandem Model 502 Pendant Light Circa 1920s - Opaline glass shade - Copper and steel parts - Model 502 - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Open at the bottom with no domed glass underneath -...

Original 1960s slat pendant lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for Markaryd. Great Space Age design. The shade is made of copper-plated brass. Made in Sweden. Very nice, pleasant, glare-fre...

Poul Henningsen PH 3½-3 Pendant for Louis Poulsen in Green The PH 3½-3 pendants are an addition to the Louis Poulsen PH collection and are based on Poul Henningsen's original drawings from the lat...

Midcentury amazing spider wall lamp sconce in copper, iron and yellow art glass. Made in Italy in the 1970s. This lamp is a typical outdoor lamp mounted over the entrance door of ...

Ezan France Art Deco Opalescent Glass Chandelier, Circa 1935 Signed Six-Light Form with Concealed Joinery French Art Deco chandelier by Ezan...

The Orient Major pendant was designed by Jo Hammerborg in the 1960s. In the Orient series Fog & Mørup produced pendants in two different sizes and, over the course of time, also two ...

A large and imposing late-Edwardian three-branch electrolier light made by GEC. c.1911 A well‑made example from GEC’s early electric period, built to their usual high standard. The ...

A 12" 'Reflector-Refractor' pendant light made in USA by Holophane. c.1920. Single prismatic glass reflector with the decorative cast clips and original copper gallery stamped with ...

An incredibly elegant glass pendant light made in England by GEC - General Electric Company. c.1920 Very heavy duty moonstone glass shade of pressed form, with its original decora...

Rare Peter Behrens, "Luzette" pendant lamp from 1910-1920, frame in old copper and opaline glass. It is the bigger one with 32 cm diameter and total height 96 cm.  

An antique English copper wall hanging gas lamp dating back to the 19th century. This Georgian style glazed lamp with a beautiful verdigris aged patina would suit an indoor or outdoo...

A freeform copper table lamp designed by Tukiainen Aimo Ossi Kalevi and produced by Oy Moonlight, Finland, 1970s. Bulb Specifications: E-27 Bulb Number of Sockets: 1 All lighting w...

An amazing hand - crafted Tiffany Style chandelier, circa 1940s. Socket: 3 x E27 or E26 (US) for standard screw bulbs.  

Brutalist pair of wrought iron and copper floor lamps. These unusual examples have hand forged iron frames with tiered iron bases. The tubing that wraps the structure is patinated co...

Suprematic lighting collection inspired by the geometric works of the great Suprematist Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism is a modernist movement in the art of the early twentieth centu...

1272 Arts and Craft copper lamp with copper socket and original cloth covered wiring.

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

Capsa Pendant Lamp by United Alabaster Dimensions: ⌀ 100 x H 16 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black finish) Also Available: Satin Gold, Nickel, Matt Bla...

Fine Swedish Jugendstil Suspension Light, circa 1910–1920 A rare and sculptural ceiling fixture exemplifying the Swedish interpretation of Jugendstil design. The body is entirely han...

Housing two lights each. These will be newly rewired with certified US UL sockets for the USA and appropriate sockets for all other countries. Beautiful floral motif in pressed copp...

This exceptional sculptural wall light transcends its function, standing as both an illuminating object and a striking work of art. Designed by a metal artist in the 1970s, it reflec...

This rare pair of wall lamps, a variant of model 1040, designed by Hans Bergström and produced by Ateljé Lyktan in Åhus, Sweden during the 1940s, represents a refined iteration of Sc...

Introducing the exquisite set of 3 1960s copper pendants by Nanny Still for Raak Amsterdam. These striking pendants seamlessly blend brutalist style with the elegance of copper and b...

A huge, spectacular and sculptural plant holder floor lamp, Free-Form, Modernist, large Free-Form structure in copper-plated tubular brass, welded and...

Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan, 'Bumling Utomhus' wall light, copper, metal, Sweden, 1968. This 'Bumling' wall lamp is designed by Anders Pehrson for Ateljé Lyktan. The curved lam...

This 1930s Art Deco pendant light features a classic opal glass schoolhouse globe. It is paired with a Streamline Art Deco pendant lamp showcases chromed finish body with 3 black ena...

Early production series iconic Artichoke lamp by Poul Henningsen from a stunningly aged copper. This pendant is from a early production period showing due to the colour of the under...

Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...

This is a set of 2 wall lamps in patinated copper by Swedish lighting master Hans-Agne Jakobsson. They have a unique patina which is the result of time and use for almost 70 years. M...

Sleek metal frames, industrially produced in true Bauhaus style, form the language of this lighting collection. The series is very versatile, can be customised to required formats and available in custom finishes. For custom proposals we request clients and designers to share their project drawings or images with us, and our team can revert with customised proposals for the same. The lighting output can be customised using integrated LED...

A pair of incredibly rare French Metro bulkhead lights, made by Holophane. c.1920. Originally used to illuminate the tunnels and walkways of the French M...

Copper chandelier denmark around 1950s Polished and stove enameled

Scandinavian Modern pendant, manufactured by Stockmann/Orno, Finland, 1950s. Brass frame, copper details, opaline glass shades. Marked. Good vintage condition, minor patina consisten...

An exceptional pair of Art Deco corner wall sconces made of patinated copper, produced in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Designed to fit seamlessly into wall corners, these sculptural ...

Step back in time to the 1940s with this exquisite table lamp designed and produced by JUMO Brevete in France. Founded by Yves Jujeau and Pierre and André Mounique, the JUMO company ...

A stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern copper light fixtures, circa 1960s. The plate-shaped lampshades can be rotated. Socket: 14 x e27 ( for standards screw bulbs). (The chandeli...

This brutalist pendant lamp made of hammered glass is something truly special. The glass was lovingly crafted by hand, and its beauty is reminiscent of a raw gemstone — it's a true w...

This is a patinated copper pendant by Swedish lighting master Hans-Agne Jakobsson. They have a unique patina which is the result of time and use for almost 70 years. Made of copper, ...

Rare Modernist style diminutive copper desk lamp with adjustable shade by Adnet.

Brutalist style chandelier lamp from the 1950s Discover the majesty and timeless charm of our brutalist style lamp from the 50s. With its circular design of 100 cm in diameter.This ...

c1930's French Art Deco Copper and Art Glass Chandelier/ Flush Mount Fixture by Ezan. Art Glass Sunflowers.

Rare mid century floor lamp. Designed in Denmark by Svend Aage Holm Sørensen in the 1960s. The lamps has two hand-made shades made from flame-cut copper. The shades are attached to a...

Large Copper Hanging Lantern Lampshade This hanging Lampshade is in the form of a Large Copper street light, the Lantern has a natural oxidised patina, it is glazed at the sides a...

A pair of 19th Century Street lanterns These beautiful lanterns originally configured as gas lanterns. Were reworked with new electric fixtures and new wall brackets. The lanter...

Beautiful vintage copper lanterns - Ankerlicht - one big and one small piece. Vintage Ankerlicht copper ship's lantern from the Netherlands re-p...

- A stunning antique moonstone opalescent glass pharmacy ceiling pendant, England circa 1920. - An incredibly elegant glass pendant light made in England by GEC - General Electric Co...

An exploration of copper on a grand scale, the Kansas lamp's shade is hammered, bent, torched, and patinated until it achieves the look of an umbrella the day after a storm. Inside, raw copper has been been polished to reflect light onto a base made from hand-sculpted white oak, blackened with India ink. A tiny copper shelf...

A pair of copper, pink mirror glass and white fabric wall lights designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Overall Dimensions (inches):  5” H x 8” W x  4.75 “D Back Plate Dimension...

Super Loft Pendant by United Alabaster ByBlasco Dimensions: W 210 x D 15 x H 100 cm (Customizable Height) Materials: Alabaster, Copper (Matt Black fin...

A pair of 1930s English hanging pendants with two-lights and ribbed glass holophane shades. A vertical brass rod extends downward from the ceiling plate and at the bottom of the ro...

Silver Antica II Sconce by OHLA STUDIO Dimensions: D 40 x W 25 x H 40 cm Materials: Copper. 1 kg Available in other finishes: Silver,...

Drawing on the legends of ancient Greece, a garland of laurel leaves encircles the flame of these Olympia sconces. Each sconce is incised Mark Brazier-Jones 1989. Since the commence...

Table lamp model 46-017 in copper and opaline glass designed by Lisa Johansson-Pape and manufactured by Orno Oy in Finland in the 1960s. This simple yet elegant design is one of the ...

Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' polished copper outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedi...

Stunning Copper & Hand Blowing Smoke Glass Tubes Chandelier, 1960s, Germany Sculptural very elegant rare heavy ceiling lamp. It is very ideal and suitable for all living areas. L...

Art Nouveau lamp circa 1910 by General Electric France in bronze and copper. Opalescent uranium glass shade. Wired, B22 LED socket. In perfect condition. Total height: 50 cm Base di...

Bauhaus small version Luzette pendent designed by Peter Behrens (1868-1940) in 1908 for Siemens-Schuckert. The pendant has a combined lower shade of frosted glass with upper shade of...

Brass and Opaline Glass Chandelier by Bent Karlby for Lyfa, Denmark 1960s Well made quality piece that gives a very warm light depending what kind of bulbs you use.

A fabulous large late 19th Century French Country House bronze porch lantern. Rewired and PAT tested to UK standards.

Wall lantern made of solid copper, beautiful oxidized patina with one 60/watt light. Suitable for wet location UL approved up to US code.