A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS AND PATINATED-METAL TABLE LAMP

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A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS AND PATINATED-METAL TABLE LAMP
BY HANDEL

The domical shade in lemon yellow, decorated allover with caramel-colored trailing branches and flowerheads, the periwinkle blue border incorporating stylized floral medallions, alternating with dusty-rose blossoms, signed HANDEL 6619, the patinated-metal base of baluster form on domed foot--23½in. (59.6cm.) high, 16in. (40.6cm.) diameter

cf. Joanne C. Grant, The Painted Lamps of Handel, Commercial Offset Printers, New York, 1978, p. 71, fig. 100 for an example of this lamp base (2)

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