Copper Table Lamps

A pair of 1970s table lamps featuring mushroom-shaped shades. The lamps have a chrome steel base, the shades are made from warm-hued copper. Over the years, both lamps have develope...

A nickel, waxed orange paper and copper table lamp designed and produced by Niels Rasmussen Thykier, Denmark, 1930s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 18.5” H x 14.75“ Diamete...

Designed in collaboration with Commune design, the V-Lite doubles as a table lamp and a wall sconce. As a sconce, the fixture comes with a large brass b...

Poul Henningsen & Louis Poulsen - Mid-Century Modern Design A beautiful 5/ 3 'Millionaire' table lamp by Poul Henningsen (1894-1967). The lamp is rare due to its size and age - ...

Nice Vintage table lamp, with a figurine of a blue parrot, made of porcelain. The lamp foot is made of bronze and leafs are made of copper. The porcelain is marked Sèvres. The lamp s...

Stunning 1940's solid copper French flower table lamp, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use, newly rewi...

Spectaculair looking table lamp depicting a hand painted porcelain rock base and branch with an eye-catching tropical blue bird on top of it. Ornamented with tole branches and leaves...

Big Italy glass and copper table lamp with fabric shade around 1970s Copper polished and stove enameled The fabric shade is replaced ( new )

1940s two-bodies white Volterra alabaster table lamp by Bianchi Factory, Italy By: Bianchi Factory Material: alabaster, stone, copper, metal Technique: hand-crafted, cast, molded, m...

A brass, waxed white paper and copper table lamp designed and produced by Niels Rasmussen Thykier, Denmark, 1930s. Dimensions of Lamp with Shade (inches): 19.5” H x 14.75“ Diameter ...

Copper and Glass Table lamp in the manner of Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Glass rods around stem. Rewired in antique style flex and PAT tested Italy, Circa 1930.

William Arthur Smith Benson (1854-1924), a copper and brass table oil lamp, with removable font.

Postmodern table lamp by Los Angeles lighting designer Ron Rezek, c.1980s. The lamp features a verdigris copper frame and removable shade with polished brass ring accent that sits at...

Stunning pair of big brutalist table lamps in the style of Maurizio Tempestini, Italy. The organic shaped lamps are a real lust for the eye. Handmade of copper and the lampshades are...

Pebble lamp Black lacquer Antique copper Hand repoussé Silk shade Limited edition Repousse´ is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief onto sheet metal. The techniqu...

1970s Handmade Texturized Table Lamp Patinated Copper Mexico. Style of Luis Barragan and Santa Clara de Cobre, Michoacan Bent wood base painted black. Brass hardware. Lamp is fat oval shape. 19 T x 14.5 W x 11.5 D Original Vintage Preowned Condition. Rewired, new socket, new plug, gold twisted wire. Lamp shade...

An absolutely stunning and very uncommon 1940s Italian Murano hand-blown green glass table lamp with gold leaf accents on a turned wood mahogany base. Inverted balloon-shaped body p...

"O" Table Lamp 24K Gold Plated Hand Repoussé Copper Base Limited Edition Natural Silk Pongee Shade Wired with US plug Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative r...

Poul Henningsen & Louis Poulsen, Mid-century Modern design This is the iconic Poul Henningsen (PH 4/3) table lamp with original copper shades. Stand, switch and socket house of bro...

- cleaned and rewired - 1x , E26-E27 bulb - US wiring compatible - Minor signs of use

Condition: Original Vintage Condition

Art nouveau lamp circa 1910. Brass and copper base. Iridescent glass tulip signed Quezal. In perfect condition and electrified. Total height: 38.5 cm Base diameter: 15.5 cm Width: 30 cm Quezal Art Glass Quezal Art Glass – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2003 By Malcolm Mac Neil Some of the most beautiful and alluring art glass made in America during the early part of the 20th Century was made by the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Often in the shape of blossoming lilies with brilliant gold interiors and colorfully decorated with floral and other motifs inspired by nature, Quezal art glass ranks right alongside the iridescent glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frederick Carder. Quezal artisans created an extensive range of decorative and useful items, including vases, compotes, finger bowls, open salts, candle holders, and shades for lighting fixtures, which are equivalent in terms of beauty and quality of craftsmanship to Tiffany’s Favrile and Carder’s Aurene glass. In recent years, glass collectors have discovered anew the special charms and appeal of Quezal art glass, and collector desirability for this lovely glassware has increased dramatically. The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was incorporated a century ago, on March 27, 1902. It was founded by Martin Bach, Sr., Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Bach, Lena Scholtz, and Adolph Demuth. The factory was located on the corner of Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Maspeth, Queens, New York. In October 1902, the trademark “Quezal” was successfully registered. By 1904, roughly fifty glassworkers were employed at the works. Martin Bach, Sr. was the president, proprietor, and guiding force behind this successful company. Born in 1862 in Alsace-Lorraine to German parents, he emigrated to the United States in 1891. Before his emigration, Bach worked in Saint-Louis, France, at the Saint-Louis Glass Factory. After Bach arrived in this country, he was hired by Louis C. Tiffany as the latter’s first batch-mixer or chemist at the newly established Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, in Corona, Queens. After a period of about eight years, Bach left Tiffany and established his own glassworks. By this time, Bach had already started his small family. He and his German-born wife, Anne-Marie Geisser, whom he married in the fall of 1889, in Paris, France, had three children. Two daughters, Jennie and Louise, were born in France and a son, Martin, Jr., was born in Corona. Bach was assisted by Thomas Johnson, an English immigrant, and Maurice Kelly, a native of Corona, both of whom were gaffers or master glassblowers. Johnson and Kelly helped pave the way for Quezal’s early accomplishments and later recognition. Thomas Johnson, like Bach, was a founding member and also previously employed by Louis C. Tiffany. Johnson’s association with Quezal, however, was relatively short lived. Around 1907, Johnson left for Somerville, Massachusetts, where he became involved in making Kew Blas glass, under William S. Blake at the Union Glass Company. Maurice Kelly’s tenure with Quezal was also brief. Kelly worked at Quezal from January 1902 until July 1904, but by November 1904, he was making Favrile glass at Tiffany Furnaces, where he would happily remain until 1918. To this day, the belief still exists that there once existed a man named Quezal, who worked for Louis C. Tiffany, and it is after him that Quezal glass is named. In truth, however, the founders of the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company named the company and its products after one of the world’s most beautiful birds, the elusive and rare quetzal, which dwells in the treetops of the remote tropical forests of Central America. A rare company promotional brochure provides a vivid description of the quetzal: Of all the birds of the America’s, it is the most gorgeous. No more splendid sight is to be seen in all the world than a quezal, flying like a darting flame through the depths of a Central American forest. Its back is of a brilliant metallic green, so vivid it shines even in the twilight of the woods like a great emerald and its breast is a crimson so deep and bright that every motion of the wonderful creature is a flashing of rubies among the trees and giant creepers. It bears a true golden crown upon its head – a helmet of bright yellow and green, shaped just as the helmet of old Aztec kings were shaped. Its tail is composed of lacelike plumes, extending more than two and one-half feet beyond its body. The quezal was certainly an appropriate designation for the company’s resplendent glassware. One of the most prized characteristics of Quezal art glass is the shimmering and dazzling brilliance reflected in the iridescent surfaces on the interior as well as exterior of the glass. The radiant rainbow colors in metallic hues, including gold, purple, blue, green, and pink, to name only a few, were certainly inspired by the quetzal and its feathers. Not surprisingly, lustrous feathers, in shades of opal, gold, emerald, and blue, are among the most common decorative motifs encountered on Quezal glass. The enduring hallmark of Quezal art glass is its unique expression of the Art Nouveau style, based on organic shapes and naturalistic motifs coupled with technical perfection in the execution. Vases, compotes, drinking vessels, and shades for lighting fixtures were often fashioned to resemble flowers such as crocuses, tulips, calla lilies, casablanca lilies, and jack-in-the-pulpits. Variously colored inlaid threads of glass, pulled and twisted by hooks, simulate naturalistic floral and leaf patterns, lily pads, clover leafs, and vines. Opal, gold, and green colors prevail and the glass is generally opaque. Red is the rarest color of all. Compared with Tiffany’s Favrile glass, the crisp, vivid, and colorful decoration of Quezal art glass is distinctively precise, symmetrical, and restrained. Other Quezal wares recall shapes and styles favored in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as the Italian Renaissance and the Georgian period in England. This is especially true of classic-shaped vases and bowls of translucent amber glass, which have a single surface color such as iridescent gold or blue. Still, others were inspired by traditional Chinese and Japanese forms. The Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company in Sag Harbor, Long Island, purchased Quezal art glass, which they in turn embellished in their shops with silver overlay decoration in the fashionable Art Nouveau style and later resold. Gorham’s silver overlay designs mostly include stylized floral motifs. Alvin’s silver designs are wonderfully organic. One sumptuous design is of a group of sinuous iris blossoms with carefully articulated petals surrounded by attenuated meandering vines. Collectors should note that not all silver-deposit pieces are marked with a maker’s mark since the silversmith had to be quite careful not to damage the glass underneath. A rare 1907 retail catalog survives from Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company, a luxury goods retailer in Philadelphia, which reveals original retail prices of Quezal art glass. A surprising revelation provided by this catalog is that Quezal art glass was nearly twice as expensive as comparable French imported glass made by such renowned firms as Gallé and Daum. Hock glasses, a stemmed glass used primarily for drinking German white wine, were sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $75. Fingerbowls were also sold by the dozen and retailed between $50 and $100. These high retail prices were nearly the same as those charged for Tiffany’s Favrile glass, and suggest Quezal art glass was also marketed towards the high-end or luxury market. Electricity was a brand new invention in the late 1800s and American glass manufacturers developed novel approaches for concealing the electric light bulb, which was rather harsh to the eye and perhaps unflattering to the domestic interior. Tiffany, Steuben, and Quezal responded to this need with the most extraordinary and beautiful art-glass shades, all of which were  hand-made and exquisitely fashioned. Many other companies also made art glass shades for table and floor lamps, electroliers, hallway fixtures, and wall sconces, but it was Quezal that excelled in this area and was the most prolific. Quezal art glass shades were available in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorations. Some shades are formed and decorated as lilies while others are bell-shaped and have ribbed or textured decoration. Rims are usually plain but sometimes are notched or ruffled. Common motifs include feather or hooked feather, leaf and vine, applied flowers, drape, fishnet, King Tut, and spider webbing. The workmanship shown on most Quezal shades...

Alchimie, the capsule collection born from the collaboration between Incalmi and Debonademeo, succeeds in its intent to transform glass powder into something different. Vases, trays ...

Welsh Copper Illuminated LEADERS Trade sign An original Welsh illuminated copper trade sign from the 1970s. A highly decorative object because of its typography style and wording “L...

These magnificent lamps are shipped as photographed and described in the narrative. They are custom built using materials of the highest quality and are shipped complete with the new shades, harps and finials shown in the photos. A majestic pair of vintage Asian Cloisonne vessels...

A freeform copper table lamp designed by Tukiainen Aimo Ossi Kalevi and produced by Oy Moonlight, Finland, 1970s. Overall Dimensions (inche...

A vibrant Japanese turquoise ground and silver wire cloisonne vase, now mounted as a lamp, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The tall vase of elegant rouleau shape, with a straight n...

An exceptional Stickley style Arts & Crafts table lamp, produced and stamped by Warren Hile Studio, Sierra Madre CA. Base from solid oak, an "X" form base, with a copper and mica lamp shade. Paper label from the Mica Lamp Co...

Exceptionally beautiful and very rare table lamp from the 1960s. The design is very unusual. The shape and materials create a warm and very pleasant light. Condition: Very good vin...

Design lantern lamp. Table or ceiling lamp. Copper and raw and cut glass crystals. 4 sides with thick fragments of backlit glass crystals. Copper structure with a handle, the whol...

This large and substantial Arts & Crafts double domed light was once an indoor fountain and was presumed to have been made in the United States in circ...

Step back in time to the 1940s with this exquisite table lamp designed and produced by JUMO Brevete in France. Founded by Yves Jujeau and Pierre and André Mounique, the JUMO company ...

Mini version of the Pipistrello lamp designed by Gae Aulenti in 1965. Table lamp diffused lighting. Glazed stainless steel structure, white opal methacrylate diffuser. Base and knob...

A patinated copper over bronze table lamp designed by Stewart Ross James and produced by Hansen Lighting, USA, 1950s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 31.5” H x 5.75” Diameter Dimension...

Zun Table Lamp Antiqued Copper Hand Repoussé Limited Edition Oyster Linen Shade Each piece is individually crafted and is unique. Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering ...

The Adjustable Fixture Co. was established in 1911 in 62 Mason St, Milwaukee , Wisconsin. Famous for premium residential and designer lighting they also specialized in industrial ...

Table lamp of great quality in materials (marble, glass, copper and iron), and in 'design. Made in Italy 1980.

At first glance, Serena appears to be in motion—it is a leaf blown by a gentle breeze, dancing through a current of wind. Inspired by the simple beauty of nature, this piece features...

Glass table lamp, designed by Lisa Johansson-Pape, manufactured by Orno Oy, 1960s. Glass frame with copper details. Fabric lampshade. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent ...

Large Art Deco illuminated urn basin, circa 1930. Made of bronze and copper, decorated with a draped woman holding a bouquet of wheat and a dove flying above. This is probably a uniq...

Lantern Lamp Black Copper Hand Repoussé Linen Panel Limited Edition Each piece is individually crafted and is unique. Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative...

Ornate and beautifully made Danish, 1920s desk lamp with frame and base of patinated copper and brass. Its mounted with a black steel shade that may h...

Our little tribute to the mercurial moon of Jupiter, IO. A brushed copper base holds the verdigris copper sphere, paying homage to the whirls and whorls found on the volatile lunar ...

Pair of circa 1960's English copper table lamps with polished finish. Measurements: Height of body: 14" Diameter: 9"

Poul Henningsen & Louis Poulsen, Scandinavian Modern The iconic Poul Henningsen (PH 3/2) table lamp with shades in amber glass. Stand and socket house of browned brass. Bakelite sw...

Designed in 1965 by Gae Aulenti for Martinelli Luce, the lamp is made with innovative techniques for the diffuser in methacrylate for the time in which it was designed. The shape of ...

An elegantly formed copper table lamp made in England. c.1910 Very high quality, in original condition with nice patina to the original oxidised copper finish. Possibly made by Fa...

A rare pair of original 1920s Arts and Crafts floral impressed copper and oak Arlmerican table lamps. Each newly Rewired with aged brass double adjustable sockets.

The European Art Deco movement of the 1930s was a beacon of innovation and style, and one of its timeless creations was this copper and wood table lamp. This exquisite piece of funct...

Machine Age, Art Deco Copper, and Chrome Desk Lamp from 1932. The lamp features a modernist bell-shaped copper lamp shade with a matching copper base all brought together with a chrome Streamline...

A pair of copper table lamp designed and produced by Laurel Lamp Co, USA, c. 1970s. Dimensions of Lamp (inches): 21.75” H x 5.25” W x 5.25” D Dimensions of Shade (inches): 6” Top D...

Copper Table Lamp designed by Jo Hammerborg for Fog & Mørup in the 1960s. An exquisite piece for a beautiful home. * A Copper Desk Lamp with a white shade * Designer: Jo Hammerborg ...

Pair 1960's Mid Century Floor (or tall table) Lamps in the manner of Stewart Ross James for Hansen or Paul Evans. Probably by Laurel Lamp Co. This interesting pair of lamps is each...

This is a 1970s Mid-Century Modern table lamp, crafted from copper and steel, designed and manufactured in Italy. The lamp features a striking dome-shaped shade in polished copper wi...

Lovely patinated brass table lamp by Poul Henningsen with lacquered copper top shade and yellow painted acid-stained glass lower shades. This example dates to the early 1940s. The to...

Midcentury table lamp in Copper. The lamp has an attractive shape and two-tone copper details to the finish. Made in Zambia by Copper Crafts Ltd. A fabulous unique vintage lamp for a...

This is an antique circa 1910 Charles Limbert Table Lamp. The base is hammered copper in perfect condition with no dents. The mica on the shade if from...

The hand-hammered pattern on the bronze and copper surface of this lamps makes it quite memorable. It has an architectural feel and a geometric body shape. A vintage Art Studio hamme...