Shower Lily Desk Lamp

Maker: Tiffany Studios

Origin: American

height: 13.5 in.

Year: 1900

Description

An Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau cast bronze and glass "Shower Lily" Desk Lamp by, Tiffany Studios decorated with three iridescent gold ruffled favrile lily shades set with in an early example of a patinated bronze and decorated three light shower lily base. The lily base is decorated with thinner then normal stems and a whiplash decoration at the top of the three and wave like decoration with in the foot of the base. Also the base does retain its original decorated nearle built in on/off switch and retains its original & period porcelian "geco" (General Electric Co.)  sockets. The shades are signed, "L.C.T." and the base is impressed "TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK D793" and further impressed with the "Tiffany Decorating Co." monogram.

Measurements:
height: 13.25 in.

Literature: 
The lamp is photographed in "Tiffany Lamps and Metalware" by. A. Duncan; ©2007; ACC Publishing, pg.59. fig. 210