A REVERSE-PAINTED AND POLYCHROMED METAL TABLE LAMP
A REVERSE-PAINTED AND POLYCHROMED METAL TABLE LAMP

JOHN BAILEY FOR HANDEL, 1923

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A REVERSE-PAINTED AND POLYCHROMED METAL TABLE LAMP
John Bailey for Handel, 1923
The shade in 'chipped' and lightly 'sand finished' glass, painted on the interior with two colorful parrots nestled in a profusion of azalea blossoms and leafage, including a fluttering butterfly, against tall pine trees silhouetted against a turquoise sky, in colors of icy pink, magenta, yellow, green, cobalt blue, bright orange, lavender, caramel, egg-shell, and charcoal, painted John Bailey HANDEL 7028 and stamped HANDEL Lamps PAT'D NO. 979664, the polychromed metal base with firm's cloth tag
24in. (61cm.) high, 18in. (45.7cm.) diameter of the shade

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cf. Robert DeFalco et al., Handel Lamps: Painted Shades and Glassware, 1986, p. 134 for an illustration of the shade and p.137 for a variant of the base