Figural Art Deco Lamp With Czech Glass Flower and Bead Shade

You're getting a preview of a lamp that I'm about to put on sale on Ebay. The link to see the listing will not be valid until Thursday at 3:30 PST, so check back then if you are interested.

This lamp is truly a special one, primarily due to it's special shade and excellent overall condition. It sports hand-wired glass flowers, leaves, and beads attached to a copper shade frame. It is signed/stamped 1930 A.B. & Co. and is in excellent condition. It may even have the original bulb, though I cannot confirm it - it just looks very old.

Here's a list of the flowers that adorn the shade:

• 3 Blue tulips each with 3 green sepals/leaves
• 1 Yellow tulip with green sepals/leaves
• Small clear/white flowers with green beads
• Small red and vanilla flowers with blue beads
• Small iridescent blue green flowers with red beads
• Small orange flowers with red beads
• Small clear blue flowers with orange beads
• Small iridescent yellow flowers with green beads
• Small red roses
• Small red grapes with green beads
• Green leaves
• 1 Large orange flower with green beads
• 1 Small deep blue flower with orange bead

Bidding will start Thursday the 10th and continue until Sunday January 20th.

Tri-Figural Art Deco Lamp with Czech Shade

I have a search that I've set up which I'll call the "Hot Deco Lamps Search". It's a quick way to find lamps that I might be interested in purchasing without digging through hundreds of lamps, shades, parts, etc. The search finds only antique lamps with active bidding, while filtering out less-desirable low-priced items. I'll make the search permanently available to you in the column to the right.

The search brought up this lamp and a couple of things stuck out to me. First, the Czech shade is a rarer color combination (as far as I've seen). I have about 10 Czech shades and none of them combine red, blue, yellow, white, and orange simultaneously. Secondly, I've not yet seen this configuration of the three figures before with each of the female figures grabbing the bottom of their skirts. Many of the tri-figural lamps you will see over and over again, but I've not yet run across this one. It is on page 12 of "Popular Art Deco Lighting" and is valued there at over $1200, probably due to the globe included on that particular light.

Bidding ends January 8th and it is currently bid up to $145. More pics at the listing.