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# 5242. A pair of Louis XV wall sconces. Circa 1900. Bronze with aged gilt surface. Size: 21" tall x 11" wide and stand out 6" from the wall. Designed and made by J.E. Caldwell of New York, marked with their "C" in diamond hall mark plus form or inventory numbers. Excellent condition, new wiring and electrical sockets. Price on Request On Hold
# 5236. A pair of American Gas Chandeliers. Circa 1850; attributed to Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia. Identified as "The Fox and the Grape" style. Size: 30" wide and 41" tall. This pair of two arm gasoliers have been fitted for electricity. The gas shade holders are less than 20 years old. The chains are period to these fixtures. There are several foxes reaching the hanging grapes. When these fixtures were electrified, the center column shaft may have been replaced. The column shaft has been soldered together. One of the gas keys has been partially replaced with a simple gas key. The 4" frosted gas shades date from the 1870's. Suitable for smaller parlors. P.O.R.
# EB. An early 20th century Baltic Neo-Classical Style Chandelier. Size: 48" tall and 38" across. Some of the gilt bronze metal may be much earlier; the crystals are 20th century. 10 candle arms (not electric) with electric lights inside the arm ring. There are two suspended red glass pendants: one at the top and one inside the body of the chandelier. There are a series of red candle cups on the lower pendant that are capped and non-functional as a candle holder. The quality of the metal is above average and quite well cast. Condition: needs to be updated with modern wiring and electrical sockets; there is a wire/flower decoration missing and three prism elements missing. An very attractive large chandelier. Price: $9,500.00.
# 5226. A Moorish Style American Hall Lantern. Tiffany. Bronze with Opalescence Glass shade. Size: 32" tall from the bottom to the top of the ceiling cup; 11" diameter and the shade housing is 10" tall. Condition: the under base frieze plate which should be hinged, is unattached. The chain is not period to the fixture and the connection between the bronze ceiling cup and the body of the fixture is gone. The twisted bronze construction is exotic and unusual. Early electric. The glass shade, though period, is probably not original to the chandelier; there may have been a leaded glass insert. Similar designs are noted in "Tiffany Lamps and Metalware" by Alastair Duncan; refer to page 256 for images. Quoting from the revelant chapter: "Novelty achieved by the firm's lamp designers: noteworthy, here, was the series of Moresque hangers . . . comprised of . . . metal armature embellished with coiled wire work." Though this chandelier needs attention, it will be handsome in the appropriate environment. P.O.R.
# 5221. An exceptional American Crystal Gas Chandelier. Size: 40" wide and 52" tall. Six arm. Hundreds of original cut glass prisms reflect the light in a dazzling array creating a light show for the focal point of a room. Circa 1876, this chandelier is consistent with lighting from the Mount Washington Glass Works of New Bedford, Massachusetts. That firm exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition. Condition: one repaired arm; one is fitted for electricity on the outside of the arm; a few prisms missing and a few have chips; the shade rings and the shades are contemporary. P.O.R.
# 5209. An unusual heavy cast bronze table lamp from Newport's Gilded Age. Attributed to Manhattan Brass Lamp Company. Oil. Circa 1880-85. Decorative elements include a gaping jaw Lion and a portrait of a mustashed gentleman. Looks like it could have come off the desk of a Newport Rhode Island Robber Baron. An identical example of this lamp was used in the Motion Picture: "The Talented Mr. Ripley" in the Apartment in Rome. It shows several times on a desk in the apartment. The shade in the scene appears to be a cased green glass 'student' style shade. Condition: If there was a finish to the bronze, it is gone, it may have been fire gilt at one time; the shade ring is missing; no burner or chimney. The form probably evolved from the Argand genre. Inquiries.
Item # 5210. A double light Student Lamp. Made by Wild & Wessel or as commonly called: a Harvard Student Lamp. Size: 21.25” tall to the top of the handle; 5.75” diameter footed base; takes a 7” shade and the lamp weighs 11.5 lbs. Heavy cast brass. I believe that this lamp was always made to be electric. The interior of the font would not hold oil. The chimney holders are bolted to the arms with a standard electric threaded rod. Finish is a dull tarnished brass. There are reproduction shades for this lamp and as the lamp, I believe, was always electric, there are no working burners, either. Drilled on the lower 'font' section for the electric cord to exit the lamp. Price: $2,500.00.
# 5204. A six arm Gas Chandelier. Fire Gilt Bronze metalwork. Size: 27" across (shade to shade) and 51" tall. This fixture has been rewired. The gilt work is in excellent condition. The 2 5/8" gas shades are new as are the shade brackets. The glass elements are in excellent condition and are of the highest quality: lead crystal. We would date this chandelier around 1870. Delicate with minor foliate adornments. Suitable for a period parlor or dining room. Price: $5,650.00.
# 5117. A High Style American Japanesque / Aesthetic Movement Gas Hall Lantern. Size: (the fixture at large) is 25" tall and 11" Square; the center element is 15" tall x 11" square; the leaded glass panels are each approximately 5" x 8" tall. Circa 1885. Materials: brass and glass. The outside of the brass framing is apparently mercury gilt and is a very correct gold. The inside is painted with gold paint. The underside has a bright original finish gilt brass plate with a glass roundel with finial attached which may or may not be period. Condition: fitted for electricity; leaded glass panel condition - there are 6 minor cracks and 2 small losses of glass. This lantern is consistent with designs by Bradley and Hubbard: on page 68 of the catalogue titled "A Brass Menagerie / Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement" by Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio is pictured one of a pair of frames (47) Circa 1885 as described "Possilby Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company" Collection of Munson Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, gift of Garrie and deedee Wigmore. The frame as photographed in the catalogue is almost identical to the frame on each side of our gas hall lantern. Gas chandeliers surviving from the firm of Bradley & Hubbard are extremely rare. Price: $6,950.00.
Item # 4781. A rare Bronze newel post lamp. We don't know if this is an American or English or European lamp. Originally gas and now fitted for electricity. Material: the lamp is bronze, with its original patina and the base (not old) is marble. The casting is crisp and detailed. Size: The figure itself from foot to out stretched hand is 24" tall; The lamp is from the base to the top of the shade ring is 37.5" tall; the shade is 7" tall and has a 2 5/8" fitter making the entirety 43.5" tall. The marble base is 8" across and the bronze footed base is 6" across. The shade has three neo-grec images of Roman soldiers with horses and is in excellent condition. This shade came with this lamp. The shade ring may or may not be old. Condition: fitted for electricity with the gas fitting intact; this lamp was drilled for electricity with a small hole just below the gas shade ring. The condition is this lamp is excellent with no repairs and the patina is great; the wiring is in excellent condition. We have had over 20 gas newel post lamps in the last 30 years and this is the finest we have ever stocked. Price: $9,500.00
# 4848. A gas figural newel post lamp of an Etruscan Warrior. Material: White Metal. Circa 1869-89.Size: 43" tall to the top of the shade ring; the base is 10" across. The figure and the gas staff is detachable from the base. This figure is titled in large letters on the base: "ETRUSCAN" The head of this figure is similar to the form used by American Express in their early advertisements. This is the second figural lamp of this form in the last dozen years. It is from a Newport estate. Condition: the finish is new: putty colored paint and bright gold paint. There has been a restoration to the crest on the head of the warrior: the crest was detached and restored with epoxy. There is a standard 5" gas ring on this lamp which has been fitted for electricity. There is no shade for this lamp. Price: $5,500.00.
# 5160. A Period Art Nouveau Kerosene table lamp. Bronze and copper with a period Palme Konig art glass shade. c. 1885-1895. Size: base diameter 6"; 10" tall to the top of the font opening and 15" tall to the top of the burner. The glass shade is 14" in diameter and when on the spider makes this lamp 23" tall to the top of the shade. The spider shade holder is contemporary and is wired to the burner ring. The burner knobs are marked " John Wanamaker" {a large department store in Philadelphia}. Condition: original patina. The lower section seems to have a copper like finish blending to a darker bronze patina at the top. The font, which is made of patinated copper, is contemporary with the base. High quality design reflecting the flora design elements interpreted in decorative arts at that time. The design of this item also represents the height of the Japanesque movement and firms such as Tiffany were producing designs such as this. The leaves of this simple 'weed' and the seed pods create in a circle the base of the lamp. The bronze lamp is probably Japanese in origin and was imported and sold by Wanamaker during the "Japanese Craze" before the turn of the century. Price: $9,500.00.
# 4997. A matched pair of gilt bronze wall Pendants. Each is 10" across and 20" tall from the top ring to the bottom finial. Swedish, Danish or possibly French in origin. They hang 22" and are out from the wall 12". Originally candle and now fitted for electricity. Mid 19th century. Wall pendants from this era are very rare. We had a pair of Renaissance Revival wall pendants over 10 years ago and this is the first pair we have seen in the marketplace since. The pendants themselves are intact; the wall bracket is of the period but originally served another purpose: they were curtain pole brackets. Now they suitably hold the pendants. In the vintage film Camille (1937) starring Gretta Garbo, in Armand's (Robert Taylor) apartment is shown a similar pair of wall pendants on either side of a mirror over a fireplace. When these pendants were made, Napoleon III was in power in France. The casting is crisp and nicely detailed. Empire Style decorative elements. Price for the pair (2) is $5,900.00.
# 5053. A fine cut glass Regency Era Argand Lamp. Circa 1825-35. Size: 27" tall and 17" across. Composed of a cut glass pedestal base; brass arms with burner and shade holders and a matching cut glass oil font. Condition: fitted for electricity some time ago {we suspect in the 1930's); considerable wear to the metalwork with no gilt surface surviving. No chips or cracks to the cut glass sections; Some of the prisms may or may not be period to the lamp. The shade holders may or may not be period to this lamp. The cut glass oil font has had the oil shut off removed. The burner assembly has been removed when electrified. The prism ring at the top rests on the cut glass font and appears to be period and original. The shades appear to be 20th century. There is a brass label that states: "Johnston Brooks & Co. / Manufactuers London". {The firm of brass founders was active under that name from 1814 to at least 1824 at 32 New Street in London }This was a very expensive top of the market Argand lamp that was available to only the best homes. Few have survived. Price $7,500.00.{we do know of a mate to this argand lamp: located on the East Coast of the United States}
Item # 5119. A pair of Argand lamps. At first look, these do not look like Argand Lamps, but on closer examination, they were at one time. They have succumbed to the hacksaw of the 1930's 'lamp shop' when they were fitted for electricity. First: the manufacturer was Henry Hooper of Boston. Heavy cast bronze. The central form behind the prisms supported a pair of arms which have been cut and disposed of. The central top trumpet pierced section held a glass vase. To fill the lamp: you probably removed the glass vase and trumpet holder and added oil; the convenience of not having to remove the heavy prism ring was a novelty at the time. Size: 18" tall to the top of the pierced trumpet; 10" across the prism ring and 12" tall to the top of the prism ring. So . . . this is a project: arms and burners must be found and soldered to the main body; glass trumpets must be found that fit correctly and of course 4 (two for each lamp) appropriate shades must be acquired. The prisms: about 3/4's of them appear to be period; the rest are about the same length, but a different style and probably later additions. The patina is very worn. The restoration will take a lot of effort; however, very few of this form of Argand has survived. We know of no complete example. Price as they sit; for the pair: $3,850.00.
# 5154. A French Sinumbra Table Lamp. This lamp dates from before 1850. Signed on the oil font: - Par Brevet - D'Importation - Concession - M. et C ie - . Size: approximately 20" tall to the top of the font; the shade is 10" in diameter and it is 8" tall making the lamp almost 30" tall to the top of the chimney. Condition: electrified; one of the oil feeder tubes which also support the font has been replaced; there are small dents to the octagonal base; the surface of the lamp - the green paint and gold decoration - was probably 'decorated' in the 1950's. The glass shade is a period shade but may or may not be the original base shade; there are two flakes to the shade. The metal is tin with brass fittings. This style shade which is frosted inside gives a very soft pleasing light. Price: $6,500.00.
# 5105. A Neo-Grec American Kerosene Four Arm Chandelier. Circa 1869-79. Cast Iron. Size: 32" across and 40" tall. This chandelier has been fitted for electricity: the glass fonts have been drilled; the burner fitters are new electric fitters and the shades are contemporary. This chandelier is a slider fixture with an internal mechanism that allows it to be lowered and raised by pulling on the bottom finial. The mechanism is wired locked to prevent it from operating. There is an old repair to one of the arms that structurally does not affect the integrity or appearance of the arm. The glass fonts have been painted (inside the font) with a blue colored paint. Newly wired. An attractive American Chandelier commonly used in the late 19th century in locals that did not have gas. Price: $3,000.00.
# 5075. An American Bronze Gas Hall Lantern. Marks for Hollings of Boston. 39" tall. This rod hung chandelier is all bronze which is not common: most gas fixtures of this era made in the United States were mostly white metal. Condition: fitted for electricity; comes with an art glass deep acid etched shade (with edge flaws) and a replaced metal stamped shade crown. This fixture is hung from three rope designed brass rods and there has taken place a slight twist from the top to the base that is apparent but not really annoying. The fixtures hangs well and straight. The upper ceiling pan is excellent quality casting and appears to be contemporary with the other design elements, though it may be from a different fixture. Price: $3,000.00.
# 5078. A pair of Newport Estate Gilded Age Wall Sconces. Circa 1900. Size: each stands out from the wall 7.5" is 14.5" tall. Gilded brass metalwork and a fine and rare Lalique style bulb cover which screws over the bulb housing. There is no signature on the frosted bulb covers. Condition: worn gilt on the metal work; tiny white paint spatters over the sconce and one of the bulb covers has a tiny flake to the lower edge. These sconces probably need to be rewired. There is what appear to be a gas key which operates the on and off switch. Price for the pair is $2,500.00.
# 5050. A crystal and bronze Newport Gilded Age Salon Chandelier. Circa 1905. Size: 28" diameter x 40" tall. Hundreds of beaded crystals compose the basket below with varied ropes of crystals are suspended from a bronze crown from the top of the fixture to the bronze basket support. Four crossed quiver and wreath decorations are attached to the bronze center band. A large crystal ball in the bottom helps to support the crystal basket. From some Newport Gilded Age Mansion. The electrical sockets are silver plated and are dated from the first decade of the 20th century. To be transported at the buyers discretion Price: $7,500.00.
# 4985. A small and charming American mid 19th century Candle Hall Lantern. Possibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. Deitz also manufactured similar style lanterns. Size: 10" tall with the top metalwork 8" across and the glass framed lantern section 6" across. Condition: carefully electrified with no intrusion to the original material; considerable flaking to the metal work showing very old gold colored paint; one pane of glass has been cracked and reglued. The condition of the glass paint decoration is very good considering the use and age. Of the six glass panels, two are scenic and four are decorative. One of the panels opens to light and change the candle. All the glass panels including the bottom glass panel are period and believed to be original. The chain and chain loops are replacements. A single small candelabra size electric bulb of low wattage is sufficient to illuminate the glass. We have had this form in a larger model but this is the smallest of this lantern in our collection. Provenance: from a modest farm home in New Hampshire. Price: $1,200.00.
# 5048. A pair (2) of single arm Argand lamps. Labeled: " Gardner New York " Gardner was a retail gallery in New York City. Size: 16" tall sitting on a square base that is 6". Condition: still oil, never fitted for electricity; very distressed finish: most of the gold gilt work is gone and the painted surface is in very poor condition; the prisms are not period to the set; there is a small interior thimble like wick holder missing from one of the two lamps as noted in the detailed images. This set is ready for restoration and will be a handsome addition to a period interior. Comes with a pair of reproduction Argand Shades over very good quality.Price $3,950.00 the pair.
# 4831. An American Hall Lantern. Kerosene: standard 'pull down' hall lantern. No font. Fine large peach,gold, glass globe shown with the afternoon sunlight blazing through the glass. Original pull down mechanism. Size of shade: 10" across at the widest. The fixture is a total of 32" tall from the ceiling. No losses or chips to the glass. Price: $1,250.00.
# 4787. Extension Piano Lamp. c. 1887. Brass standard with silver/pewter plated font bowl with modern fabric shade. Fitted for electricity. Att. to Bradley and Hubbard. Burner knob marked B & H. Similar to metalwork listed in "A Brass Menagerie" Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement written by Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio for an exhibition at the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute. From a period East Boston Town House of the era. 48" tall to the top of the burner. Condition: as noted in the detail images, one of the four upright flowers is missing and one of the stamen's from another flower is missing. Price: $1,750.00.
# 4224. A fine pair of candelabras. Fire Gilt Bronze; porcelain flowers. Each candelabra hold four candles and each has about 12 flowers of different size and condition. The age: late 18th to early 19th century . . . so that would be between 1780 and 1810. From a private 'Hotel' in Paris: The home of Elizabeth Drexel Lehr ( Lady Decies ) located at 52 Rue Des St. Perés. These candelabras were moved from Paris to Newport to the home on Touro Park West. Size: 16" tall. Condition: the gold is in fine condition with a little corrosion on the base of one of the candelabra. The flowers: there has been restoration to many of the flowers and I am sure that some have been replaced and some may be missing. There are a number of leaves also missing. The price for the pair is: $13,500.00
Item # 4716. An American Romanesque Revival candle chandelier. Bronze and jewels. Fitted for electricity. This fixture has 12 candle sockets of which 6 have been fitted with electrical candle lamps with red fringed shades + the center section has been custom fitted with a red fabric shade with red fringe. All in all there are 7 electrical fittings and 6 candle holders. The large center shade has a separate electrical chain pull. Size of the fixture: 22" diameter, 35" tall at its shortest. 18 glass jewels surround the 'crown' element. Price: $3,950.00.
Item # 3382. A Bronze Chandelier. Bronze with gilt finish. Size: 34" tall and the metalwork is 19" across / shades could make this fixture wider. Condition: the shades are reproduction and there is a small decorative element missing (one of the missing elements is shown) there may be a couple of leaves missing also: there is so much going on here it is hard to tell; wear to the bottom hook decoration in the center. The style is European Beaux Arts: c. 1900. This is an electric chandelier: newly wired. This is a period chandelier. It is very heavy. This style came in three arm up to 12 arms: this is a five arm chandelier. A single cherub sits most of the way up blowing a horn. Price: $5,750.00.
Item # 4313. An electric Arts and Crafts / Art Nouveau / Secession era Chandelier. This is a period fixture, c. 1915. Size: 25" across and 14" tall. Suspended from a single chain. New wiring, old sockets that came with this chandelier. Material: bright gold brass inset with yellow slag glass panels. There is a metal wire under the lip where there was probably a beaded fringe attached; now there is a quilted gold fabric hanging from that wire. Condition: new wiring and there is small loss to one of the panels as shown in one of the photos (does not show from the outside). Price: $2,750.00.
Item Number D 6. A Solar Lamp. Size: 16.5" tall to the shade ring; 27.5" tall to the top of the shade. Condition: fitted for electricity; pretty good original finish; Shade at least very early 20th century / possibly late 19th century (not period to the lamp); no chimney; electric chain pull through the font. Very Rococo looking. Don't know the maker. Price: $2,750.00
# 4445. Offering a Bradley & Hubbard (at least the burner is marked "B. & H.") table lamp. Size: to the top of the shade ring: 10" and the ring takes a 4" shade. NO shade.This lamp which dates from before the turn of the century is very Aesthetic in style. The workmanship of the metalwork is consistent with that of Meriden, Gorham, Tufts, Barbour, Pairpoint and Rogers Bros. silver plate companies. Condition: dirty, oily surface, I believe that the silver plate is still intact. The metal is probably case hardened white metal. A repetitive high relief decor of flowers encircle the lamp sitting on feet of horned male smiling faces. There is great detail and character to this lamp. There is still kerosene fumes in the font and there is a round wick intact. The lamps smells of ancient use. The top of the font which is silver plate on brass shows wear through to the brass and there are some dents in the base of the font as shown in one of the images. The shade ring is also silver plate. Price: $650.00
# 5101. A Secession or Art Nouveau Gas Chandelier. European. Circa 1910. Probably Czech or German or Austrian. Size: 48" tall at the shortest and it is 33" wide at the widest. Six gas arms hold 6 green cased glass shades (not old) on electrified candles; the center shade is a contemporary cased green (outside, white inside) glass shade. Condition: the fixture has been electrified; there is one gas key missing. Difficult to ship. Price: $3,950.00.
# 3762. . . . In 1910 Russian Artist and set designer (for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe), Leon Bakst, influenced international society and the applied arts with his barbaric exoticism for the ballet Scheherazade. Oriental filigree lamps became all the rage which were also well suited to the new luxury of electricity. This fanciful iron filigree example is of American manufacturer and dates from that period. In a recent article in NEST { Winter 2003} titled "The Most Indian House in America" by David Petrovsky, Lockwood de Forest { 1850 - 1932 } and his influence on taste is discussed. The exotic lines of this fixture certainly reflect thematically de Forest's design concepts. This chandelier would have been at home in a de Forest designed interior. Size: 37" tall and 16" across. Losses and dents consistent with age and use. There are four decorative chains attached from the top to the main body of the fixture each with a spiral spring decorative element: one of these spiral elements is missing along with part of the chain. I believe that it would not be difficult to reproduce this missing section. This fixture was stored in a horse stable on Bellevue Avenue here in Newport, Rhode Island for more than 50 years. It probably was used in a foyer in some home in the area. It uses a single light bulb and we have a section of pale paper covering the interior of the basket to show off the filigree when the bulb is lit. It is possible that there may have been an art glass shade covering the light bulb. The basket is hinged and opens to change to the bulb. Newly rewired. Price: $1,250.00.
# 3122. A fine American three arm gas chandelier. Fitted for electricity. Three children 'support' the center shaft from which a pan with three heads adds to the Renaissance theme; arms of leaves and tendrils support red flashed 'Chariot' theme gas shades. A small but presentable fixture. Original fire gilt finish. The figures have been repainted. The fixture is 28" across and 32" tall. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD
# 3990. Pictured is one of a pair of rare gas wall sconces in the Gothic Style. Each supports one gas shade.Size (not including the size of the Shade)17" deep and 28" tall. These are very large scale sconces, from a Long Island Gothic Mansion. The Crocket at the base of the sconce is the gas key. Fitted for electricity. The finish is not original. Metal: White Metal. The Cameo Style Gas Shades (pair) are for 4" fitters. The Shades have a top opening of 5.5" and are app. 7" tall. Probably American. Fitted for electricity. NO back plates. Price: $5,650.00 the pair.
# 4018. Pictured is one of a pair of Vienniese candelabras from the firm of Lobmeyr of Vienna. c. 1895. Each is 16½" tall. Brass and crystal. All original. Excellent condition. Price for the pair is: $5,500.00.
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