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"Buttons and Bows" lamp
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"Buttons and Bows" lamp by Roy White
Posted: August 21, 1998 @ 09:39.
John, My good friend "Pam" is interested in purchasing an old brass kerosene lamp in "buttons and bows" pattern that she has seen, but doesn't want to pay far too much. Do ou know anything about this lamp (age, value, etc.) or can you direct me to someone who might be familiar with this particular lamp? Maybe your "THE LAMP COLLECTORS GUIDE First Edition" listed on aladdin knights website cover this lamp? Any help would be appreciated. Roy White Indianapolis, IN
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On August 21, 1998 @ 09:41, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary
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Roy: No, TLCG doesn't cover specific DESIGN patterns...it's lamp brands, burnwers and consumables.
Antique BRASS "buttons and bows" ? I've heard tell of a "buttons and bows" lamp in pattern glass, but not a brass lamp. Could she be talking about "Daisy and Button", a pressed pattern glass design very popular in the 90's that WAS copied in brass hanging lamps (fonts, support and shade rings to match either the font or the shade). If you have access to the Truro books, "Daisy and Button" table lamps are pictured on T1 p. 222-23, items f, l, i, m & n; p 297 item j. This will give you an idea of what the D&B pattern looks like, Truro DOES list a "Buttons and Bows" glass lamp on T1 p 266, but I can't find any reference to the pattern elsewhere. "Daisy and Button" pattern glass is another of our collections ( a book thereon due "someday"), and I HAVE heard people use the tern "buttons and bows" when refering to D&B (albeit incorrectly). We own a D&B patterned brass hanging lamp (P&A Royal burner); they are NOT common, nor are D&B patterned shades and fonts. D&B patterns in table lamps, particularly in fonts attached to various figural bases, are relatively common. Maybe a picture of the lamp your friend has would help in identifying it. :: Fil Graff ::