Here is a matching pair of beautiful old Alvin sterling silver candle holders... or candle lamps... with fitted glass hurricane style shades, separate candle holder cups that screw into the weighted candlestick bases and can be removed for ease of cleaning or to use the candle holder bases as candlesticks without the cups and shades. Pretty neat items! I've not seen any like this before. They are marked: Alvin Sterling Cement Filled Reinforced with Rod of Other Metal... so they will be sturdy and not easily tipped... as well as beautiful and romantic. Total height is 10-5/8" to the tops of the glass shades. The sterling bases with cups are 4.75" high x 3-3/8" in diamter at the base. Ground glass bases on the glass shades. Shades are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. I have not polished the sterling parts as many folks have their own way of polishing or not. They are also in very good condition with no dents, splits, or scratches. Purchased from an estate sale.

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Wonderful lighted porcelain bird figurine was made in Germany probably during the Art Deco era. I've seem other similar bird lamps glazed in the same colors that had factory markings or paper labels, but this one is impressed in the clay with only the word Germany and a number: 3780? last digit isn't legible. I'm not sure what type of bird it is... kingfisher? woodpecker? It has a yellow cockade... probably a bird indigenous to Germany. These unique lamps were used as night lights and/or perfume lamps to create an exotic atmosphere in boudoir or bedroom. He's sitting on a cluster of open ended twigs and since the light fixture is of the clip-in variety, he could also be used as a flower frog if so desired. It's really great looking in a darkened room. The figure glows as do the opentwig ends. Put a dab of perfume on the bulb and the heat will allow the scent to waft out of these openings too. I've had these lamps in with my perfume bottle collection for over 25 years. A hairline crack runs from front tip of yellow cockade to top of lightbulb opening, more noticeable in the yellow than the rest. Two small areas of glaze loss on back show up as white: one is to the right of the bulb opening and one is at lower left of tail. In very good condition otherwise. He's 9.5" high and 5" wide from tail to front foot.

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Here are a pair of 1920's vintage Art Deco dresser of boudoir lamps. Bases are thick glass, clear on the sides with brushed satin finish on the top. Chromed bulb holders. One has a vertical split in the metal similar to those found on cocktail shaker lids. It won't affect the function. The other has 2 tiny chips on top edge and one larger shallow fan shaped chip on clear top edge which is 1/4" at the widest. Both of these flaws could be turned to the wall or one perfect lamp could be made from a combination of the parts which unbolt from each other. 3.5" high to top of cardboard inner fixture. 5.25" wide x 3" deep. In good condition with exceptions noted. Purchased from an estate sale many years ago.

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Great looking Art Deco desk lamp with chrome plated step down base has a large metal shade with rolled edge and copper wash on exterior. 11.5" high. Base diameter is 5.5". Diameter at bell of shade is almost 7". Shade hangs low to desk top, illuminating your work, but keeping the light out of your eyes. Bill has rewired it and it's now in good working order. There are some digs and indents in the curved arm and rectangular nut at top. Wear/dark marks to copper wash on shade. I've washed it gently, but didn't think it would be advisable to do anything more. It may be able to be refurbished. It's a good looking piece despite age and wear. Purchased from an estate sale many years ago.

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Great looking Art Deco vanity lamp is ringed and ridged with little stepped feet which lets it float on table surface and makes convenient places for the cord to fit under. Pink fired on glaze (platonite) on the inside is alternately darker and lighter in horizontal rings giving even more dimension to the curves of glass. Vintage push button on/off switch. No accommodation for harp means the bulb was meant to hold a clip-on shade. 9.5" total height. Glass is 6.5" high x 4-5/8" diameter at base. In very good condition. No chips, cracks or repairs. Purchased from an estate sale.

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Sixties modern desk lamp is made of heavy tubular metal with a red finish. The angled tube construction is attached to a heavy base. 13" high x 12" wide. Base is 9" x 9". Tubes are 2" in diameter. It is in working order & uses a long aquarium type bulb which is included. Lower inside corner has a short separation in the metal which could be a manufacturing flaw... it's hard to know since we were not the original owners. A couple of small spots of paint loss right above that area. All else in very good condition. Purchased from an estate sale.

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This vintage green and white cased glass lampshade is marked with silver mark on green outside near top: Czechoslovakia Emeralite. It measures 5.25" high x 9-7/8" diameter at bottom edge. Top diameter is 2-1/8". Top edge has been factory ground smooth and you can see the 3 layers of glass there: green outside, white middle, clear inside. There are a handful of flea bites and flakes along edges... 2 shallow flakes at top with 3 pin point sized flea bites; at the bottom there are 3 tiny flakes. It's in very good condition otherwise and looks great with light coming through it. Purchased from an estate sale. 30s12

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Here's a great looking pair of Art Deco style candle lamps for boudoir, dining table, or anytime or place you'd like to create a special atmosphere. The stepped bases are chromed metal. Textured glass cylinder shades have fired on white outer surface. The fit just right into the base where they are held securely with metal spring pieces on either side of the base. They can be removed for cleaning and lighting or changing the candles. They have a little wax on them on the inside in some spots. The candles fit into spring loaded metal holders that unscrew when replacing the candle. Spring load keeps pushing the candle to the top as it gets shorter from use. The candle holder is also held securely in an opening in the base with spring metal pieces on the sides. 10.5" high. Base is 5" in diameter. Bases are marked only Patent Pending (Pat Pend). One shade has 2 small spots with no white near the top of shade. That one also has a tiny flake on the inside at the rim. Both rims have a rough feel but I think that's how they were made (like the mold lines on vintage glass that feels rough) because I can only see the one little flake. They're in very good condition otherwise. Purchased from an estate sale.

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Here is an unusual vintage flashlight with magnifier lens plus red and green filters that slide over the light. It is called the Daimon Telko Trio. Online research says this was a German manufactured flashlight made in the late 1930's, and used by the German military during World War 2. The hinged case is metal with leather strap handle on back; fixed half dome magnifying lens covering the light bulb; exterior On/Off toggle switches which can be locked at On or Off: slide levers in front to move either red or green filters into place; interior clip for extra bulb. It measures 4.5" x 2-5/8" x 1.75" at the thickest point. We don't know what type of batteries went in it or how things were connected. The switch mechanism works. Exterior shows wear to black finish as can be seen in the photos. There's a dab if hardened glue or clear varnish on the hinge side. Some small scratches on glass dome at apex. It's a neat old item, historically interesting, a great collectible, and could possibly be made useful again with a little know-how. Purchased from an estate sale.

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Great amoeba shaped glass shade for a ceiling fixture will look wonderful in a fifties modern interior! It's vintage, big and dramatic! 22-1/4" lengthwise and about 18" at the widest. Interior has a satin finish: eggshell white with light brown or warm gray soft speckles in center area and long pointed rays (triangles) at edges. Exterior is shiny. There are a few scratches but nothing breaks through the finish and so are not noticeable with the light shining through. Chips around center hole shouldn't show when washer and finial are used to mount it to your ceiling fixture. There is no washer and fastening screw with this shade but they available at places like Home Depot, etc. In very good condition.

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Beautiful Art Nouveau style dragonfly lampshade is made of stained and slag glass leaded panels. Longest panel is 7". Shade is 6" high and approximately 11" diameter at bottom edge. Purchased about 15 years ago from an estate sale. It is in extremely good condition. No cracks or damage to glass.

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This is the best piece of all the 1940's lucite and roses items! It's a night light... a tall triagular obelisk with 3 actual roses and 3 more roses reflected in the optical illusions caused by the triangle sides. It's 8.25" tall. The triangle is attached to a ridged base with 4 tiny feet and an opening for a tiny clip-in light. The old one was missing when I bought this piece from an estate sale about 30 years ago but we've provided a newer light with cord that can be used in its place. The roses are reverse carved in the lucite making hollow rose shaped openings which are later filled a colored material. There are a few imperfections due to the aging of the material and heat of the light... crackles in the feet, crackles in the light bulb opening and one crackle in the obelisk in bottom center closest to the opening for the bulb. The bulb cavity has some white pigment inside it... probably remnants of whatever held the original fixture in place. It still looks neat... these crackles don't interfere with the roses. It also looks great unlit standing sentinel in a display with others of its type.

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Wonderful fifties modern lamp with black wrought iron base and pivoting white textured fiberglass shade can sit on the table top or be hung on a wall. 12.75" high x 8.5" diameter at base, 5.25" diameter at top of shade. Some loss of black paint on legs. Most of these shades should only have a 40 Watt bulb to prevent burning. There is a slight bit of orangish color inside the shade. It doesn't show through or change the color when the bulb is lit. In very good condition. Purchased from an estate sale many years ago.40s12

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Here's a fun fifties table lamp base... a pink biomorphic flower form with fan shaped center and a large swirled leaf support on each side... the type often found in exotic rec room environments of the 50's. It's 7-5/8"" high totally; 5" high to top of pottery form; 8" x 3.25" at base. Very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. Old style push button On/Off switch near bulb. It is in good working order. Purchased from an estate sale.

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Here's a fabulous fifties night light flower lamp. It's just like the glass flower lamps that were made in the 1930's and 40's but this one is made of that amazing new material... Plastic!! The petals and leaves are all pink translucent plastic with molded veins and imbedded wires. The wires are wrapped with shimmery white silk to bind them together the same as the earlier glass models. The rock crystal base is also plastic. It's about 15" tall and 12" wide. Each flower has a small socket that takes the older style Christmas tree bulbs. It was purchased from an estate sale with the 3 bulbs you see here (included) orange, green, and blue. The base has whitish, yellowish marks around the bottom edge that appear to be residue of tape and/or glue. It may have been taped or glued to a base by a previous owner. It's in very good condition otherwise.

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Wonderful 1950's sculptural portrait of an exotic dreaming lady is also a table lamp. Her long, full, textured hair curls around her neck and shoulders like a huge snake. She's a great artistic product of the mid century preoccupation with exotic tropical, jungle, and oriental environments which turned the newly invented American rec room into a Hawaiian, African, or Chinese paradise. As we all know, rec room was short for recreation room... a place where folks engaged in various forms of recreation... but it also means re-creation... and that's just what they did... re-created their versions and visions of these exotic places. She is definitely exotic and unusual... imaginary blue beings with serpentine hair-do's are very hard to find. Vintage felt on base was partially removed to see if there might be any marks, but I didn't see any. She's very well done and ranks up there with the Fine Arts in Plaster masterpieces of the 50's. 12" high to top of her head with an addition 3.25" for the light socket... harp can be changed to accommodate shade side. She's 7" at the widest point. She's in very good condition.

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Vintage ship search light is brass or bronze with copper and chrome layers of plating. Bar arm turns light horizontally. Big arch handle on top moves light vertically. Double walled reflector to keep it from getting too hot. There are 2 groups of 3 screw or rivet openings in outer reflector wall below pivot mounts where something else had been attached. 23" high. Reflector opening is 13.25" diameter front and 3-3/16" at back. 4 openings for mounting screws in cast base. Base is 7" diameter. No lens. No light. Pivot screws are not the right ones. Silver colored plating has worn as can be seen in photos. Some paint in areas. Slight indent in outer reflector wall where overhead arm is attached. Purchased many years ago from an estate sale.

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Half-Mile-Ray boat spotlight was made by The Portable Light Company, Inc. of New York. According to the name plate on top, this one is Number 433. Made of brass with copper & chrome plating layers. Light unit pivots on U-axis. Axle moves within a vertical shaft probably for mounting with underdeck control. Vertical movement gear missing, check photo. 22" high in total. 14.75" high from top to mounting base. Reflector diameter is 8". No lens. Bulb has been broken off... base remains in socket. Protective flexible metal sheathing for wiring is still attached to the wire which is frayed and needs replacing if it is to be used. Oxidation to plating as can be seen in photos. Purchased many years ago from an estate sale.

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Here's a fun fifties table lamp base... a biomorphic jungle-like plant form, the type often found in tropical or Hawaiian rec room environments of the 50's... perfect for your tiki bar or leopard lounge! It's a bright chartreuse color... (Homer Laughlin's chartreuse not Russel Wright's chartreuse). It's 10.75" high totally; 8.25" high to top of pottery form; 4.25" at base. Overall network of fine crackles. Very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. Old style push button On/Off switch near bulb. It is in good working order. Purchased from an estate sale.

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This 1950's chalkware (plaster) table lamp is a deeply textured pink swirling vine or driftwood with gold highlights, and white flowers with blue centers. The chalk section is 9.25" high, 11.5" wide and 6.25" deep. Height to top of fixture (not including the harp) is 12". On/Off push button at bash of socket. Wire harp parts have darkened with age. Small scrape/chip at very top of lamp looks white but could be touched up with pink paint if so desired. It's in very good condition otherwise. Purchased from an estate sale about 25 years ago. Perfect for fifties decor, Hawaiian rec rooms, tiki bars, etc.

The venetian blind shade pictured is not included. It is for sale in another of our auctions this week.

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Wonderful 1950's vintage TV light is also a planter or fernery. The graceful leaves are hand painted with excellent brushstrokes. The artist has signed his/her work in the bottom right corner although it is difficult to decipher. It might be Oulan. Orlan. Orlau. Many of the TV lights doubled as planters. The light filtered through the leaves, flowers, looks great, as do the shadows cast on the wall from the plants. 6-7/8" high. 8-7/8" wide. 4.5" deep. Light is working. In very good condition. No chips, cracks or repairs

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Wonderful vintage 1950's horses TV light is wired and working. Colt runs through the tall grass close to the mare. Manes and tails have a nice runny golden yellow glaze. 8.5" high x 11.25" long x 5.25" deep. There are some scratches on the surface of the glaze on 3 high spots on the colt's body... chest, belly, thigh... probably from storage. In very good condition otherwise. We have another identical lamp that has the original paper label with company name: Phil-Mar Corp. of Cleveland 3, Ohio.

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This fantastic Exotic lady head vase is also a lamp. The pleated cloth fan she appears to be holding conceals a little light bulb and glows a warm pink when it's lit. Beautiful face. Flowered kimono with coiled frog fasteners that match her headress. Polished fingernails. Gold glaze trim & gold ribbon on fan. Color coordinated in shades of magenta pink, green, and turquoise. She is huge!!... just shy of 14" high... 13.75" to be exact x 10" wide x 7.5" deep. She is just wonderful! I've never seen another like her. None like this pictured in my head vase book either. No maker's marks.

The fan is paper backed cloth which was glued to a wire support behind it. When I purchased her about 30 years ago from an estate sale the fan had come unglued from the wire and gotten rumpled from being stored away. I glued it back but it came unglued again after a few years so I made tiny holes along the second line of gold trim through which I inserted fine wires which I attached to the wire support in the back. This has held and been a good solution. It's still a little rumpled and a bit faded (with a little bit of purple at the bottom edge) but I preferred to keep the original intact rather than replace it. There is a hairline crack in a not too obvious spot... where the bottom of the sleeve connects with the base and going down the side of the base. It actually comes from underneath where they tightened the lamp fixture too tightly when it was made. It was like this when I got it and since it's stayed the same for 30 years I don't think there's much danger of it getting any bigger. Light wear to gold trim at very front bottom edge. Everything else is in excellent condition.

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