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Table lamp

Table lamp
Object name 
Table lamp
Date 
c. 1900-1906
Medium 
Glass, bronze
Dimensions 
Overall: 24 1/4 x x x 20 1/2 in. ( 61.6 x 0 x 0 x 52.1 cm )
Description 
Leaded glass and bronze "Pond Lily" table lamp; 20" diameter cone-shaped shade with design of horizontal rows of floating lily pad leaves; oval leaves are smallest near aperture and increase in size towards the base of the shade; lily pads rendered in yellow-green to blue-green striated and mottled glass; background of water rendered in white to brownish-green glass. Electrified bronze base with blown glass sections; green glass blown through ribbons of pierced bronze, the whole crowned with a wire-decorated bronze disk; base supported on five ball feet.
Credit Line 
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Object Number 
N84.50
Marks 
stamped: on metal tag inside shade: "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 145" impressed: on base: "TIFFANY STUDIOS, N. Y."
Provenance 
Chicago Art Galleries, Inc., 1973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.