The lamp is a medium base 3 socket candelabra table lamp. The stem of the lamp has a brass screw that allows for height adjustment. The arms of the sockets are a reeded style solid brass 8' long about a quarter inch wide. The arms end just beyond the sockets with a cup shaped permanently fixed solid brass finials about 3/4 of an inch wide 1" long.A pewter cup sits below each socket .Below the pewter cups attached to the arms are permanently fixed solid brass slotted and shaped finials 1.5" long 3/4" wide. Approximately 2 inches above the base of the lamp there is a pewter cluster about 3''wide, 3'' tall shaped like a top ( RE: toy top). The soild brass base covers a cast iron brass base that serves as the weight for the lamp. When I turned the lamp upside down I found a # 2 stamped in the cast iron. The sockets are the original pull chain sockets . The sockets are 4" long 1.5 inches wide porcelain shaped like a half moon. These sockets are very rare and are not available by standard purchase methods. They have the capability of being dissected and repaired ( I'm an electrician ). The sockets actually work take 100 watt bulbs and still have the original cardboard insulators over them as well as the original painted cardboard socket covers. The wiring if I am not mistaken should be a gold cloth covered wire . That type of wiring is still available under restoration lamp parts suppliers Finally the shade on the lamp is a six panel parchment shade. Each panel on the shade has a black pen and ink floral sketching on it . Each panel is signed as follows PLB-6131,PLB-6122,PLB 6128, PLB 6124,PLB 6130, PLB 6121
Description
Category
Lamps and Chandeliers
Medium
solid brass and pewter
Distinguishing marks
only mark is a the # 2 stamp into the cast iron under neath the solid brass base
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
from top of finial to the bottom of base 26"Height 11" wide
Date Period
c. late 1800s or early 1900s
Weight
roughly 10 -15 pounds
History
The lamp belonged to my grandparents. I suspect they owned this lamp from the late 1920s. I am 54 yrs old . I remember the lamp being in their apartment at Harvard university .Grandfather worked for Harvard from 1947-1960. They lived in Arlington Mass before then . They had the lamp in their Cape Cod house after Harvard . Grandmother died before I could get more information on it .
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Price Paid (If known)
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For Sale?
No