Unusual Lamps

I offered to help a fellow collector identify a Millefiori oil lamp as being contemporary or Victorian if they would send me a photo.  The following images  are what they sent to me for review.  The lamps, with a few exceptions, appear to be contemporary Italian and Bohemian.  Many, however, I have never seen before

There appears to be EAPG patterns on many of the lamp stems.  Is possible that contemporary fonts have been attached to vintage pedestals?  Or, are these reproduction pedestals?

Comments welcome.

Jim.

www.fairylampclub.com

 

Photo 1
Contemporary Italian

Photo 2
Contemporary Bohemian by Egermann

Photo 3
Lamps on right are contemporary miniatures by B&P Lamp Company of McMinnville, Tennessee.  The lamp on left is also contemporary of unknown manufacturer.

Photo 4
Contemporary Italian on right. Contemporary Italian font on MG pedestal.  Coinspot assumed to be contemporary.

Photo 5
Contemporary Italian

Photo 6
Contemporary Italian on what appears to be contemporary pedestals.  Marriages?

Photo 7
Contemporary Italian possible marriages with contemporary pedestals.

Photo 8
Contemporary Italian miniature and standard size lamps

Photo 9
Contemporary Italian miniature lamps.

Photo 10
Contemporary Italian miniature lamp.

Photo 11
Contemporary Italian miniature lamps.

Photo 12
Contemporary Italian miniature lamps.

Photo 13
Contemporary Italian lamp (far left)
Contemporary Bohemian (Egermann) cutback hand lamp with other contemporary miniature lamps

Photo 14
 The blue satin is a very recent (< 7 years) B&P lamp. Contemporary Bohemian (Egermann) cutback in rear. The blue willow is Japanese of the 1950s.Others appear to be contemporary miniature lamps.  Tall lamp in rear left is an unknown foreign lamp of unknown vintage.

Photo 15
 The orange lamp on the left  might be Mosser from the mid 1900s.The stem lamp in the rear called Octavia, circa 1910. Others are contemporary miniature lamps
 

Photo 16
Contemporary miniature lamps.  Amberiana lamp in right rear is unknown but assumed to be L.G. Wright reproduction.

Photo 17
Contemporary Italian (right).  Cranberry hobnail font is assumed to be contemporary and appears to be married to a contemporary pedestal

Photo 18
Contemporary Italian font (left) on contemporary pedestal.  Others also appear to be contemporary marriages.

Reviewers Comments:

  • The EAPG examples are definitely reproductions of older patterns.  I don't know who is making them but I don't think that I have seen them in combination with these fonts before.

  • I have nothing to offer about the origin or date of the lamps, but I do notice something interesting: The red font with a heart shaped design in Photo 18 appears to match the red stem in Photo 7. The striped pattern on the fonts in pictures 17 and 18 so closely resemble the striped patterns in pictures 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 that I wonder if it's made by the same manufacturer. None of the fonts on the green stems in Photos 17 and 18 seem to really "go" with the stems.

  • It appears that there are several lamps with the same standards in various colors. I think it's odd that they all have frosted standards. Also one blatant repro lamp is the canary yellow Three Face standard with the Cranberry Opalescent lamp font.  It appears to me that this group consists of about 90% 20th Century lamps.

  • In the last photo row, there are several lamps with canary stems -- the Three-Face stem is definitely recent. I'd guess, from their similarities, that the others are newer as well...  I only see a very few lamps out of the bunch that may be pre-1900.  You may be right about marriages, though -- there are a couple of the canary-stemmed lamps that look like Fenton, but I don't remember anything like this being made by Fenton.  I just don't think the stems are very old -- in fact, they may be newer than the fonts. Still, the few lamps that might be old look pretty interesting... I don't know if it's older or not, but I wish I could get a better look at the little Amberina lamp at the back of one of the photos.

  • The lamps in photo 2 are all made by Egermann.  This color and pattern are still being made.  In photo 15 the amber etched lamp on the right is also by Egermann as is the lamp 3rd from the left in photo 16.  The white cut to green lamps in photos 13 and 14 may also be by Egermann.  Look at Egermann "Classic" at this link:

     http://www.crystalcz.com/store/bohemiacrystal/IndexRam.asp?Odkaz=*&LevaLista=Glass_Crystal&Line=Egermann
    At that same link click the link in the left menu that says "High Enamel Glass".  Then click on the link that says "Vases" and scroll to the bottom of the page.  Look at some of those vases.  You will find many different forms in that type of glass at this site and others like it.

  • Photo 3 The lamp on the left is not B&P, but certainly contemporary.

  • Photo 14 The blue satin is a very recent (< 7 years) B&P lamp.  The blue willow is Japanese of the 1950s.

  • Photo 15 The orange lamp on the left I believe might be Mosser from the mid 1900s.  The stem lamp in the rear called Octavia, circa 1910 and may be the oldest piece in the lot.

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