Glass lamp with student shade
This item is a glass lamp with a student shade. The lamp was recently broken by a delivery person. Photos show the damaged lamp which is likely worthless but I am seeking an estimate for the replacement value. The shade is ribbed, white glass with a straight top edge. The shade is 10" diameter at the base, where it rests on the metal spider. The clear glass base is about 8.5", inclusive of the font but exclusive of the metal fittings. It has a starburst type detail on the font and a hobnail design on the base (the glass is smooth on the exterior of the base with the hobnail bumps on the interior). The lamp's chimney is thin glass with a crimped top edge and an etched floral design. The chimney has a circumference of 16.25" at its widest point. It is 9" tall and has a diameter of 3" at the base.
Inherited from a relative who was born about 1910 and lived in Washington D.C.
Inherited
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This is an antique, late 19th century, Victorian era, EAPG, or Early American Pressed Glass oil or kerosene lamp base that has been electrified. It has an affixed metal piece with wick key and with square vase form chimney and spines for holding a 'student' lamp shade in milk glass. The milk glass shade has been broken and damaged beyond repair and the flare top of the chimney has broken as well. The chimney and shade can be replaced with antique comparable pieces for reasonable amounts. The base appears to still be in good, intact, undamaged condition. The converted Victorian pressed glass oil lamo market is currently slumped. These do not sell for what they used to sell for a few decades ago. The market was further impacted by the Recession. The estimate is for this lamp if it were undamaged based on actual recent past recorded auction sales of comparables. Retail 'asking prices' can be higher and vary.
