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Description:
Rookwood Pottery Table Lamp Base with a Tiffany-style Vine Border Shade, New York and Cincinnati, base dated 1902, pierced heat cap, mosaic shade with band of heart-shaped leaves and vine, shade with spurious stamp mark "Tiffany Studio New York," set on three-armed cricket, three sockets with Bryant paddle switches, ceramic base with molded decoration depicting trees, stamped Rookwood mark and "II" for 1902, ink mark "822A," total ht. 20, shade dia. 14 in.
Literature: For the shade see, Alastair Duncan Tiffany Lamps and Metalwork, new edition, p. 35, plate 88 and p. 147, plate 599.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Shade with a very few heat cracks. Base with no visible damage or repairs.
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Keywords
Alastair Duncan, Bryant, Cincinnati
20th Century Design
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