Copper Lighting

Set of 2 wall lamp by Paavo Tynell, edited by Idman. Model 7309. Copper and opaline glass. Made in Finland in the 1950s. Both are marked Idman. Great patina to the copper. ...

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,...

One of a kind magnificent antique copper ceiling lantern, a truly exceptional piece that will illuminate your space with historical charm and elegant allure. Perfect for adding a t...

Wonderful quality antique Victorian copper and brass oil lamp, having a quality antique oil lamp having a glass chimney and etched glass globe above a double brass burner and a Krali...

Silver Antica VII Desk Lamp by OHLA STUDIO Dimensions: D 35 x W 35 x H 55 cm Materials: Copper. 3 kg Available in other finishes: Silver, Forest, and Teal. A pre-Hispanic smithing...

Two Copper J.T Kalmar Pendants, circa 1950s. Polished and stove enameled.

This beautiful chandelier was lovingly crafted by artists in the 1920s and 1930s. The basket was lovingly crafted by hand from twisted metal wire. Each flower is lovingly handcrafted...

- extremely rare type - very nice style of lighting - bauhaus, art deco, functionalism

A pair of elegant wall mounted lamps model 17-037, designed by Lisa Johansson-Pape and manufactured by Orno Oy in Finland in the 1960s. Each lamp features a patinated copper/ metal b...

Exceptional, lovely and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern Spider wall lamp or sconce. Designed and manufactured by Rossini Illuminazione, Italy, 1960s. Executed in hammered coppe...

One of six pendant lights by Kalmar, Austria, manufactured in the 1950s. A textured glass zylinder is hold by a natural patinated mounting fixture. The glasses are in excellent condition, partially strong patina on copper. Copper can...

Copper and mica arts and crafts style lamp and shade made by the Mica Lamp Co., Glendale, Ca. base and shade with makers mark. Shade with serial number. Roun...

This stunning lamp, shaped like a three-legged pyramid, is sure to captivate you with its unique and rare Murano glass. The glass is decorated with numerous small patterns, crafted f...

3 Art Deco sconces in the shape of birds holding an opalescent moulded glass shade signed by Ezan. Priced individually.

A circa 1920's English copper flush mounted light fixture with 2 interior lights. Measurements: Drop: 11" Diameter: 17"

Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, wall lamp, variation on model '1006A', patinated copper, Sweden, 1940s Swedish designer Hans Bergström designed this wall light in the 1940s. As fo...

A pair of copper, etched mirror and white fabric wall lights designed and produced in France, c. 1950s. Moderate patina on copper. Light oxidation to mirrors. Wear consistent with...

A very nice pair of 1920's copper outdoor or indoor sconces,

French hexagonal glass paneled domed verdigris green copper lantern dating to the early 20th century. Newly wired for use within the USA, with 3-ligh...

Aluminium pendant copper-plated comprising for five tiers, fitted with one E27 socket up to 100watts. Designed by Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Nordisk Solar Compagni...

- A wonderful satin glass church opaline ceiling pendant, circa 1910. - Incredible detail across the opaline and all original patinated copper gallery. - Rewired in braided flex and PAT tested, ready to hang. - 36cm High, 22cm Wide, 22cm Deep. Opaline Glass Opaline is a form of decorative glassware which was made throughout the 19th century, manufacture was predominantly French, although it was inspired by Venetian Milk Glass...

This midcentury pendant light, attributed to Stilnovo, is a beautiful example of Italian midcentury lighting design. The use of copper...

RECLAIMED HOLOPHANE VERDIGRIS PENDANT LIGHTS A fab run of vintage Holophane spun aluminium shades with polished copper fittings. Theses origi...

Tall repoussé copper table lamps with solid teak wood bases. Intricate fretwork on the lower portions creates interesting light play. These are from the estate of the original owner ...

A copper and teak table lamp produced by ASEA, Sweden, c. 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 8.5” H x 3.75” Diameter Dimensions of Shade: 5” Top Diameter x 8.25” Bottom Diameter x...

French wrought iron chandelier has six candelabra arms. This chandeliers would work beautiful over a pool table, kitchen island, dining table, bar, or entrance hall. Diameter 33.4...

Group of hanging lamps of different diameters, made of copper in the shape of circular plate with connection for the bulb and switch made out of brass. Braided thread covered with fa...

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...

A copper wall light designed and produced in the US, 1960s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 4.9” H x 13” W x 5.5” D Back Plate Dimensions (inches): N/A Bulb Specifications: E-26 Bulb N...

Hans Bergström for Ateljé Lyktan, wall lamp, variation on model '1006A', patinated copper, Sweden, 1940s Swedish designer Hans Bergström designed this wall light in the 1940s. As fo...

A table lamp by Poul Henningsen with browned brass frame, socket cover and top, mounted with 3/2 patinated copper shade set. No switch on the frame. Stamped 'Pat. Appl.' (highly valu...

Large Bauhaus pendant and ceiling light made of opaline glass with patinated copper fittings in the early 20th. In the style of the Luzette pendent designed by Peter Behrens in 1908 ...

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 ...

French hexagonal glass paneled domed verdigris green copper lantern dating to the early 20th century. Newly wired with 3-candelabra drop cluster, cha...

This One-of-a-kind Arts and Crafts Style Light was made of hand-hammered copper and forged iron. The art/slag glass has been replaced. It has been wired in the US. The light would...

Unmodified EU 230V Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Tratten' Copper Sconce for Örsjö Originally designed in the 1960s by Jakobsson, this authorized re-edition by Örsjö of Sweden is an incredibl...

A stunning collection of eight authentic copper pendant lights, beautifully preserved and featuring a rich, time-earned patina. These striking fixtures offer an elegant fusion of i...

An idiosyncratic handcrafted Modernist Danish triple drop pendant light. Constructed from solid copper with a curved copper yoke which suspends 3 riveted copper cylinders - by moving...

This large pendant in copper model T325/450 by Hans Agne Jakobsson Markaryd with soft non-dazzle light, the perfect light for a dining table, produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for the ...

Mercury Glass Wall Lights By Vestaray Circa 1930s - Price is per light (6 available) - Mercury glass shades - Aged steel arms and copper back plates - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Engl...

PH-5/5 Ceiling lamp in Copper and Nickel by Poul Henningsen, 1940s Additional Information: Material: Copper and nickel Style: Mid century, Scandinavian PH-5/5 Ceiling Lamp Produced ...

A very rare Jefferson Doriclite pendant, two sections of thick pressed glass housed in a heavily oxidised gilt copper gallery and central hanging band, early 20th century. The glas...

A Poul Henningsen Model 1/1 pendant crafted in copper with layered amber glass shades. Its petite scale and tiered design create a warm, diffused glow. This iconic design is perfect ...

This decorative hanging lamp dating from the 1910s to the 1920s, was designed by Peter Behrens for Siemens & Schuckert in Germany. The distinctive lampshade features a droplet-like f...

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...

1960s copper pendant by Finnish designer Nanny Still McKinney for Dutch company RAAK. Thick textured amber glass cone covered with blackened copper. The light is spread through nine ...

Pair of copper and amber glass pendant lamps, hand blown glass by Nanny Still for Raak. They are each unique in execution. The deep amber expanded glass is blown into an external pat...

A pair of French hexagonal three-light copper lanterns from the 20th century with tapered lines, glass panels and petite spheres. Introducing a captivating pair of French hexagonal c...

Moulded glass and copper chandelier or lustre, French Luminaire made circa 1940 in the manufacture of Jean Gauthier. It was situated in Ezanville, near Paris, that is why Jean Gauthi...

Mid Century Copper Pendant Light By VEB Metaldrucker Halle Circa 1970s - Layered copper diffusers - Takes E27 fitting bulbs - Copper fabric cable - Comes with 150cm of cable - Made ...

Cantagalli Italian porcelain copper lustre twin-handled vase converted into a table lamp.

#3760 Antique Arts & Crafts Holophane gasolier. English 1910. Elegantly decorative & perfectly proportioned gasolier with rare hexagonal Holophane prismatic shade. Crafted from br...

A beautiful 1960s Italian pendant lantern in a aged copper finish with two glass shades with the bottom being halothane glass. One Standard A so...

19th century Middle Eastern Islamic Moorish pierced brass and copper floor lamp. Beautiful Middle Eastern Islamic Syrian, Persian style brass floor lamp is handcrafted with Moorish calligraphy Arabian designs. Extremely fine antique Islamic floor brass lamp with Kufic Mamluk revival pierced foliate openwork’s chased and chiselled with Arabic calligraphy and figures. The Moorish brass shade is intricately hand-pierced with Islamic Tuluth writing and designs. Great exquisite Middle Eastern Asian Museum quality piece, beautiful desirable patina. Same floor lamp could be found at the Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. Hand-hammered decorative collector Islamic brass Moorish folk art Antique 19th century Middle Eastern floor lamp...

Stunning, sizeable and highly decorative Arts & Crafts light fixture. This gorgeous, six-light chandelier is another one of our recent great finds. Inspired by the beauty of nature and wildlife, Arts & Crafts designers and craftsman around the world have created some of the most interesting decorative art in the history of mankind. This hand-crafted and circular chandelier too is the result of a great design and an equally impressive execution which makes this antique an...

Very elegant, rare, large, original 1970s Staff pendant lamp with a copper shade. A great Space Age design from the 1970s. The copper shade is painted white on the inside and has a p...

Set of Roulette Copper Pendant lights designed by Jo Hammerborg for Fog & Mørup in the 1960s. * Set (2) of copper lacquered pendant lights. Orange / white on the inside * Designer: ...

POUL HENNINGSEN (Denmark, 1894 - 1967).
Table lamp PH 4/3 pat appl, 1927.
Gilt brass and copper shades.
Exhibits wear marks and light wear to the back of the ...

Pair of wall lantern made of solid copper, protective X bars, weathered patina, with one 75/watt light each. Suitable for wet locations. UL approved, up to US code, ready to use. Fin...

This interesting and unusual hand-carved wooden chandelier features a centered large wine barrel and a wooden figurine of the winegrower sitting on it. The ends of the chandelier are...