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No. 044 · Lighting
Mercury glass table lamp
Silvered glass body with the mottling age gives it, on a stepped brass foot. Shade not included.
$210
Buy it nowAsk about this pieceThe only one we have. Once it sells it comes off the shop and stays in the archive.
- Period
- Early 20th century
- Measures
- 18 in. to the socket
- Condition
- Some loss to the silvering at the base, which is usual and part of the look.
- Provenance
- A private estate, Northern Virginia
History
Mercury glass is double-walled, silvered on the inside and sealed — never actually mercury after the earliest years. The mottling collectors look for happens as air works past the seal, so an evenly perfect one is usually the reproduction.
Collection & delivery
Collect in person by arrangement in Northern Virginia, or have it delivered anywhere in Northern Virginia and Washington DC. Anything outside that, ask — it usually can be done. How delivery works.
