Tiffany Studios, Important Dandelion lamp

Tiffany Studios
Important Dandelion lamp

USA, 1900
hand-blown Favrile glass, hammered and patinated copper
29.5 h × 11.5 dia in (75 × 29 cm)

Etched to shade 'M3962'.
Impressed to base 'TIFFANY G. & D. CO. NEW YORK S 1293'.

Provenance: Private Estate, Virginia

Exhibited: Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris | Pan-American Exposition, 1901, Buffalo

Literature: Louis C. Tiffany's Glass, Bronzes, Lamps, Koch, pg. 123 Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Duncan, pg. 38 illustrate this example Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Duncan, pg. 313

This work will preview and ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Condition Report: Overall very good condition. Shade is original to the base, has one shallow flake on fitter rim not visible when mounted, inclusions and bubbles throughout shade from the making with three small starbursts in the glass. Base retains original patinated decoration with very light overall wear appropriate for age. Original switch present but non-functional, bakelite socket insulator replaced, rewired with cloth cord with rolling dimmer.