Tuesday, March 15, 2016

2 Vintage 5 1/2" Scale Resin Nativity Figures Depose Italy





 They are stamped Italy.  One is a muician and the other is a shpepard boy.  They apprear to be hard resin stamped italy and hand painted.  The texture is of a satain flat hard resin.  has some mall little chipping but does not take away form the figurine.  



I usally ship out within 24 -48 hours of payment being received, unless otherwise noted. I do combine shipping, but, it really depends on the item. So please feel free to ask... All payment are expected and due within 48 hours of the winning bid unless otherwise noted.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about the items I carry. We spealize in antique and vintage intresting hard to find items that you don't see everyday.  History has alot to say if your listening.  Many of these amazing finds, has led to new ideas.  Look in the past and you will find the furtre.  "Quality and built to last" Thank you and have an intresting day full of amazing surpises.  






Friday, March 4, 2016

RARE Vtg Frederick Cooper Asian Inspired Porcelain Hand Painted Table Lamp

RARE Vtg Frederick Cooper Asian Inspired Porcelain Hand Painted Table Lamp


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Frederick Cooper Asian Inspired Lamps
This beautiful vintage Frederick Cooper table lamp is hand painted with an Asian inspired 
Peacock and Butterfly motif. This lamp features a hard wood base with a brass ring connecting 
the wood base to the porcelain body and then another piece of hard wood at the top of the 
porcelain body. This lamp also the original Frederick Cooper lamp shade and original Asian
symbol topper to tighten the lamp shade which is very rare to have the original shade and topper. 
This style lamp shade is very uniqe and very rare. The lamp measures 34" tall with the topper and
8" wide, the lamp shade measures 14" tall, 8 1/2" wide at the top and 20" wide at the bottom.
This is a vintage lamp and is in very nice condition considering its age. There are a few scuffs
on the wood base and some very small and barely noticeable scratches in thepaint. Please see pics
 for better discription. This is definetly a very beautiful and rareFrederick Cooper lamp.

About Compay:

In 1923, Frederick Cooper, a Chicago artist, established a studio to create beautiful sculpture and watercolor paintings. American architecture was in its heyday in the Windy City. Mr. Cooper was drawn to the still fairly new invention of lamps. Through mixing the media of brass, fabric, glass and wood, Cooper created exquisitely designed lamps that matched the swift innovation in American architecture.  Click here to purchase this rare find...RARE Vtg Frederick Cooper Asian Inspired Porcelain Hand Painted Table Lamp





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Offered for sale is this great pair of vintage Frederick Cooper porcelain lamps.  They are entirely hand painted with beautiful garden florals and have a subtle crackle finish which, along with the ginger jar shape and the shape of the wooden base, gives them a Chinoiserie flavor.  Both lamps are in excellent working condition.  Shades and harps are not included.  Please excuse the reflections in the pictures.

SIZE: The porcelain part measures approximately 12 inches high.  The height including the wooden base and top is approximately 16 inches.

CONDITION: The condition is excellent.  There is no damage to the porcelain and only some light finish wear to the wood.  The lamps are both working.  Please see the close up pictures.

MARKS:  Original "Frederick Cooper Chicago" label as shown. Frederick Cooper Asian Inspired Lamps


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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Antique Vtg Columbia Art Deco Cast Iron Wood Benjamin Cluster Floor Lamp US




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Antique 2 socket brass cluster with pull chains.
Overall the lamp is 63 1/2" to the top of the brass finial. The base is 9" diameter.
Solid wood column.
All joints are snug.
Benjamin dual cluster pull chain sockets. Stamped: "BENJAMIN 250w-250v". Ceramic interiors.  


About the Company

Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Company was a Chicago, IL electrical company founded in the late 1800s. The company was founded by Reuben B. Benjamin, and filed its first patent for an electric lamp socket in 1898. The company went on to manufacture various other electrical products. One of Benjamin's most notable products was their series of non-contact fire alarm horns, introduced in the early 1920s. They were available in flush-mount, single, and double projector versions, in either red or gray. These horns were mainly used by IBM, and later SimplexGrinnell up until the 1960s. In 1958, Benjamin was bought out by Thomas Industries, Inc.

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One of a kind Industrial Age Steampunk Table Lamp. The frame of this lamp is made from 3/4" and 1/2" balck pipe and galvanized pipe. The lamp features brass fittings, custom bent piping, 2 different style lights and 2 different gauges. The first light is a round Edison bulb covered by a vintage facctory light protection cage, the second light has a longer style Edison bulb covered by a vintage factory enamel light hood. The first of the 2 gauges is a newer temperature gauge made by. the second gauge is a. The whole light has been painted an aged cooper color. The Edison bumbs that come with the lamp are 40 watts each but they can be changed to anything up to 100 watts. This light made from new and old pipe and other parts. All electrical parts are new. This is a truely one of a kind light. .