Posted 24 hours ago
IronLace
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This is a rare example of a fairy lamp that I didn't have to make up from spare parts! They come up so rarely & are usually outrageously expensive but sometimes you can find luck is on your side.
I scored this one on eBay AU earlier in the week, for a very reasonable sum. There was one other bidder but I left them in the dust! ;-)
The dome is made from red & white glass in the Verre Moire pattern (many folks call it Nailsea but that was a whole other glass works from a much earlier period that had nothing to do with fairy lamps - the only link being the pull - up pattern, which is about as ancient as glass making itself).
It has a smooth satin finish.
The clear pressed cup is marked Patent Trade Mark.
English origin, circa 1880s, condition is excellent for its age.
Well done, your first paragraph is so true. So congratulations on a lovely fairy lamp.
Nailsea made window panes. Of course that poses the question, Just who DID make the lovely striped glass found in England?
It’s a Beaut !!!
Beautiful, did you spot the S Clarkes Fairy on the base as well? It shows up on the expanded photo!