December Rare Lamps, Glass & Fine Jewelry Auction
Grosses Over $2.5 Million

Auction: December 1, 2017

Preview: November 30th, 2017

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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1659
$1,694.00
Revised: 11/14/2017

Please Note: There is a typographical error. The estimate should be $700-$1,000.

LEADED GLASS TABLE LAMP ATTRIBUTED TO UNIQUE.

Table lamp has leaded glass shade (attributed to Unique Art Glass & Metal Co) with pink, blue, and amber flowers surrounding the side of the shade, against a busy background of stylized green striated leaves with flashes if red glass between the leaves. Shade rests on a cast metal base with a leaf design decorating the foot with stems climbing to the riser which leads to a 2-socket cluster. The base is topped with a matching leaf design cap and finial. The base is finished in gold. Both base and shade are unsigned. SIZE: Shade 18″ dia (widest). Lamp 21-1/2″ t. CONDITION: Shade is very good to excellent. Base is good with scratches on four of the leaf stems, cloth cord is beginning to fray. 52760-3 (500-700) – Lot 1659

1660
$3,025.00
Revised: 11/21/2017

Please Note: Cataloged as very good to excellent. There are a few glass tubes missing.

FRENCH ART DECO TABLE LAMP.

Art Deco lamp has bronze base with bell flower decoration and is finished with a double tier clear glass prism shade. Each prism is a round tube with a clear glass faceted ball at the end. The shade is further decorated with a teardrop shaped pendant with black glass interior and five long metal rods hanging below. The lamp is finished in bright gold patina. Unsigned. SIZE: 30″ t. CONDITION: Very good to excellent. 52688-7 (2,500-3,500) – Lot 1660

1668
$847.00
Revised: 11/30/2017

Please Note: Cataloged as Williamson lamp bases. These are actually Whaley bases, as identified on pgs 91 & 98 of Mosaic Shades Vol II by Paul Crist.

TWO WILLIAMSON LAMP BASES.

1) Williamson lamp base has a stylized leaf design encircling the foot and the stem. The riser leads to a 3-socket cluster and the lamp is complete with cast heat cap. Base is finished in brown with green highlights. Unsigned. 2) Cast metal lamp base has vertically ribbed foot and stem giving way to a round riser with 3-socket cluster. Base is topped with a cast metal cap. Finished in glossy brown. Unsigned. SIZE: 1) 27″ t. 2) 24-1/2″ t. PROVENANCE: From an Unreserved New Jersey collection. CONDITION: 1) Very good to excellent. 2) The riser wobbles slightly within the stem, otherwise very good. 52773-63 (1,200-1,700) – Lot 1668

1684
$605.00
Revised: 11/29/2017

Please Note: Upon closer examination, there is evidence of post manufacture grinding to the base of the sculpture. There is a chip in the crown feathers.

STEUBEN CRYSTAL PEACOCK.

Steuben peacock in clear crystal has wheel cut feather detail and stands on a clear crystal block. Unsigned. A picture of a similar example can be found in the book Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass American Classics by Thomas P. Dimitroff, pg. 24, fig 2.40. SIZE: 14″ l x 8″ t. PROVENANCE: From an Unreserved Ohio collection. CONDITION: Very good to excellent, there is a polished bevel around the entire bottom edge of the figure, most likely from the making. 52815-17 (200-300) – Lot 1684

1704
$665.50
Revised: 11/28/2017

Please Note: There is restoration to the decoration on the neck and shoulder of the vase, with evidence of in-painting in the gilded details. Some chips to the gilded lines at the foot of the vase.

ROYAL FLEMISH VASE.

Royal Flemish vase is decorated with a gilded rampant lion carrying a lance with a shield below set against stained panels done in pastel colors. The vase is further decorated with delicate gilded flowers, stems, and leaves within some of the panel segments as well as around the neck. Signed on the underside with conjoined initials “RF” within a diamond shape and numbered “574”. SIZE: 14-1/2″ t. PROVENANCE: From an Unreserved Ontario, CAN collection. CONDITION: Very good to excellent. 52654-24 (1,300-1,800) – Lot 1704

1711
$1,452.00
Revised: 11/29/2017

Please Note: There is a heat check visible from the interior where the upper handle attaches.

MT. WASHINGTON BURMESE VERSE PITCHER.

Mt. Washington Burmese pitcher is decorated with a beautifully enameled pink rose with stems and leaves encircling the top of the pitcher moving on to the back where the stem terminates into a rosebud. Within the circling stem and rose is the verse reading The cowslip is a country lass, The violet is a nun, But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of everyone. Thomas Hood. SIZE: 9″ t. PROVENANCE: From an Unreserved Ontario, CAN collection. CONDITION: Very good to excellent. 52654-12 (1,500-2,000) – Lot 1711