Posted 13 years ago
robert1
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A gift from an heir and owner of a Palm Beach residence. Original owner owned building with furnishing until his death in the 70's, thats when I acquired the lamp.
I believe it to be brass and aluminum, with the nameplate reading: "Made by Lampatents Corporation, New York, N.Y.
Patented by herman Plaut, July 2, 1929."
I have never seen anything like it in all my research, nor do I have any reason to believe it is a collector item or not.
I found the patent \
http://www.google.com/patents?id=UP9rAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Actually, this is the patent the brass tag refers to (U.S. Patent 1,719,401):
http://www.google.com/patents?id=ZoZoAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=plaut+july+1929&hl=en&ei=uQaTTrGAMsLo0QH8tYRP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=plaut%20july%201929&f=false