Our antique Tiffany Lamp. Do you know

[alfredo]

anything about this style of lamp? I can see it needs to be dusted.
It's about a foot tall. It is signed.

[joneschick]

1. #1 dust VERY carefully!

don't clean it with any kind of solvent. that patina is important to value. You could try http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/search/search_results.html?q=tiffany+lamp&simplesearch.x=28&simplesearch.y=6 and scan some of their information. You might even match up your lamp to one they've appraised! I love that show. :hi:

[alfredo]

4. We are big fans of ARS. It is dusty from sitting near an open window

the past week. My wife is very careful with this family heirloom.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. That's a rather unusual Tiffany style

at least to me, and I'm no Tiffany expert.

[alfredo]

3. They're alabaster lamps are much different from what

most think of as Tiffany.

[xchrom]

5. just remember signatures can be forged.

but if they're the real deal -- you have very good security for your old age!

[alfredo]

7. It belonged to my wife's French Creole Grandma.

They were a fairly wealthy family. One branch of the family Owns a good share of the Indian River orange groves. We can trace it back to the 1920's. It looks like something you'd find on a night stand. It is hand painted.

[xchrom]

8. ...

:woohoo:

your provenance sounds better and better.

[alfredo]

9. You should hear my Kazoo version of

"Lady of Spain."


My wife's family has been good about preserving heirlooms and has a vast oral and written history.

[joneschick]

6. just for fun

http://www.gatsbys.com/cgi-bin/view_detailsAP.cgi?category=17&item_id=AGR-0409

great. now I've started wandering all over the web looking at lamps that I would kill for.....and no one is making supper. sigh.

ps: your library should have some good Tiffany catalogs. Let us know if you find anything