Early 20th Century Table Lamps

This is a nicely designed Arts and Crafts table lamp. It simple and clean with a tented shape and cast floral filigree panels. Each panel has two pieces of complimentary colored glas...

William Arthur Smith Benson (1854-1924). A brass swan table light with heart shaped base. Height 10 Width of base 6.

Herbert Terry Anglepoise Model 1227 Black Two Step Articulated Desk Lamp 1930's Model 1227 (1938 - 1968) - Has a two tier base, with a steel cover. - The forks were mainly cast as ...

Diminutive Chinese vases mounted as lamps on decorative cast bronze bases. Both are in good working condition, one on off switch has been replac...

1169 Italian hand carved alabaster sculptural lamp of two children Existing wiring in working condition Measures: Height 17" to top of sock...

A very stylish French antique art glass & wrought iron Art Deco lamp, by Charles Schneider & Edgar Brandt, signed, circa 1920. This origina...

8-272 Antique Japanese Satsuma hand painted porcelain vase with embossed gilt detailing electrified into a table lamp. Circa 1920 Set on a c...

MULLER FRÈRES – LUNÉVILLE Stunning mushroom lamp in cameo glass A rare and elegant mushroom lamp by Muller Frères, made in Lunéville in the early 20th century. The Muller brothers, ...

An antique Swedish art deco table lamp of a diminutive size standing 38cm tall and with an adjustable lamp shade holder in brass and plasti...

- A rare and early example of a brass daisy joint table lamp by the illustrious John Dugdill, circa 1920. - This scarce lamp features the trademark 'daisy head’ joints in three place...

Art Deco hight adjustable and sviweling brass table lamp vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Deep from 18cm - up to 34cm

Art Nouveau Brass Table Lamp with Glass Cabochons, Circa 1910 Add a touch of elegance to your home with this stunning Art Nouveau-style desk lamp. Crafted from brass, it features ...

An antique, a Walking Stick Cane with a 1.5" cap stamped with sterling silver and a monogram, and a cocabola shaft.  

An antique Chinoiserie table lamp in a classic period design. Richly decorated base with butterflies, birds, flowers and architecture. ...

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine (Paris), 1910s. Mottled glass shade, powders are applied between two layers, that comes hung at its superb wrought-i...

Great table lamp made by Hugo Elmqvist in Sweden during the first half of the 20th century. Made in bronze with beautiful details.

Bouillotte lamp with two arms of light, Empire style, in patinate.

Pair of circa 1920's French Italian alabaster and bronze table lamps with gilt bronze details. Measurements: Height of body: 24" Height to shade rest: 32" Base: 5" square

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...

Vienna secession desk lamp by Josef Hoffmann in very nice original condition.

Stunning and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School table lamp. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid walnut base with solid macassar ebony decorative elements. New ivory white fabri...

1930’s Chase Lamp Company Chrome Art Deco Desk Lamps, featuring a pivoting head and milk glass lampshades. Stamped on the base with Chase archer mark. Wired and in good working condi...

Art Deco Table lamp vienna 1920s Polished and stove enameled The glass sticks are replaced ( new )

A single circa 1920's Turkish brass lamp with pierced body and shade with arabesque decorations. Measurements Height of body: 24" Diameter of shade: 20"

Antique and rare painted pottery vase table lamp made by Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm Designed by Daniel Andersen for the camouflage series. With a beautiful blue and yellow gl...

Desk lamp circa 1925. In wrought iron with floral decoration. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 37 cm Base diameter: 18 cm Weight: 1.8 Kg

Antique Bohemian Green & White Cased Glass Column Table Lamps with Hand Painted Floral Details - a Pair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 37" H (to finial) x 25" H (to light s...

A pair of American circa 1940's hand-painted tole column lamps. Measurements: Height of body 14" Height to shade rest 24".

Swiveling Art Deco Banker lamp vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Wood polished

Art Deco tin Table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1920s Original condition Only the shade is replaced ( new )

A brass and white fabric table lamp designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1920s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 17.5“ H x 7“ Diameter Bulb Specifications: E-26 STD Number o...

A pair of circa 1920's French mercury glass table lamps with metal bases. Measurements: Height of body 17.5" Height to shade rest 27" Diam...

Murano glass, gold and enamel table lamp, Italy, Early 20th century.

Pair of circa 1920's French carved alabaster table lamps with foliage motif open-work carved handles. Measurements: Height of body: 18" Height to shade rest: 28" Diameter at wi...

3-739 Italian alabaster lamp with shell motif Original wiring Height top of socket 20.75".

Classique sunset landscape table lamp, circa 1920. Reverse painted. Patinated metal base.

French Art Deco table lamp by Charles Schneider (Epinay-sur-Seine, Paris), France, 1918-1920 This blown molded glass shade made by Charles Schneider comes on its gorgeous wrought-iro...

This rare pair of table lamps, crafted by Ercole Barovier in Italy during the 1940s, showcases the renowned “Rostrato” technique, a hallmark of Murano glass artistry. The surface of ...

Table lamp with glass rods, manufactured by Johann Loetz Witwe, Phenomen Genre 358 decoration, circa 1901 This table lamp is an extraordinary example of the Loetz manufactory its ca...

A pair of glazed stoneware table lamps Signed Garnier France, Circa 1900-1920 With the shades: 52 cm high by 35.5 cm diameter Lamp base only: 34.5 cm high by 17.5 cm diameter

This exquisite Antique Neoclassical Alabaster Table Lamp, dating from circa 1920s to 1930s period, is a stunning example of timeless elegance. Its graceful urn-shaped body features ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning and highly collectable, fully restored, antique circa 1910 Austrian Vienna, Franz Bergman Cold...

Art Deco Table lamp vienna around 1920s Metal nickel-plated Original opal glass shade Wood handle

Meticulously handcrafted by Amitābha Studio in Amsterdam, Gentiaan is a unique table lamp crafted from a rare vintage Delft Blue vase, produced by the renowned Regina factory in Gouda, the Netherlands, likely in the 1960s or 1970s. This exquisite piece bears the signature "Keizerskroon" (Emperor’s Crown) mark, which Regina pottery...

A Tiffany Studios patinated bronze table lamp marked "Tiffany Studios 606" with a beautiful green favrile oil spot shade. Its radiant presence illuminates both its surroundings and ...

Antique Arts & Crafts Reverse Painted Textured Glass Farm Scene Lamp in the Manner of Phoenix, Double Socket, c1920 Measures - 21 3/4" x 17" x 17"

Jugendstil table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1910 Brass polished and stove enameled The fabric shade is replaced ( new )

This exceptional bronze table lamp, designed by the Danish sculptor Siegfried Wagner around 1900, is a rare and striking piece that seamlessly blends functionality and artistry. Man...

China, circa 1920 A large early twentieth century sang de boeuf vase, with deep red tones, mounted as a lamp with turned giltwood base. Total height to finial 75.00cm Height of va...

A fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style figural gilt bronze Putti torchere table lamps on a Rouge Royal base. Each figure representi...

100% Unrestored and original condition, mushroom design table lamp. This very unusual and modernistic work of lighting art comes with the maker's mark M. Sabino in the base and it is another one of our latest great 'finds'. Similar work is mentioned in Janneau "Le lumiere francaise" and since it has the entire natural wear showing its long history of usage, we decided to leave it exactly as is. Both the metal shade and the wooden base have been 'marble painted' and the wear has made this rare light extra special too look at. Over the many decades this timeless, layered mushroom design table lamp has also developed an incredibly rich patina. This hand-crafted and documented table...

A circa 1920's French light blue opaline table lamp with gilt details on body. Measurements: Height of body: 23" Height to shade rest: 34" Dia...

A striking 1920s Cubist-style glass table lamp, crafted using the pâte de verre or pâte de verre marmoreen technique in 1920s France, attributed to Clichy. Measuring 42 cm tall with...

French Art Deco table lamp by Pierre Gilles, 27 rue Esquirol, Paris 13e, France, 1920s. Thick molded glass shade on its classy wrought-iron base. Measures: Height: 11"(28cm) , Width:...

French Art Deco table lamp, France, 1920s. Skyscraper shape. Frosted glass shade on its chrome base. Height: 7.9"(20cm) , Width: 6.7"(17cm). Delivered wired for your country (US, UK,...

Sophisticated Table Lamp in hammered and cast pewter from the 1920s by Gerotin in Denmark. Early Art Deco. Newly installed electricity. Wear consistent with age and use

Art Deco lamp circa 1925. Wrought iron base representing a treble clef, stamped "le fer forgé Henri Fournier (ironworker in Lyon.) Glass paste tulip signed Muller Frères Luneville. I...

art deco night light lamp in the style of Argy Rousseau circa 1930 minimal shine on the top of the lampshade

An antique Arts & Crafts table lamp in the manner of Bradley and Hubbard offers cast frame with floral and foliate decoration and housing bent caramel slag glass panels over triple s...

Its rare that you find a matching pair of Deco lamps. These have a Hollywood Deco feel that is quite unique. The shades area multi-sided starburst in a mint green art...