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| An large and attractive Santa milk glass
miniature based lamp. Although some of his paint is missing he
still needs little explanation to anyone to appreciate the holiday
connection. The Japanese figural lighting industry produced more than
100 different variations of old saint Nick. |
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| Cat with a fiddle milk glass miniature
based lamp. To me, this is a mystery as I can not fathom how a
cat in a formal tuxedo performing with a fiddle relates to Christmas!
Nonetheless, he is one of the most frequently found of all figural
lamps, and a very attractive one at that. These lamps feature fine
detail in every line, and are one of the best examples of the exquisite
appearance many Japanese milk glass figurals can exhibit. The lamp, one
of many to be found featuring children's nursery rhyme themes, is from
the "Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle" rhyme. Others commonly
found are Old King Cole, Mother Goose, and The Old Woman in a Shoe. |
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| Here are a couple of common C-6 milk glass
stars, which can easily be found by collectors in many colors and
variations depending upon the original manufacturer. In addition
to the tungsten models shown here, older examples can be found that
have carbon filaments . |
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Matchless Wonder Stars were produced by the Matchless
Electric Company beginning in 1932. Unfortunately, as a
result of the Great Depression and the resulting poor economy,
these most beautiful lights did not have the opportunity to become as
popular as less expensive plain lights of these years. The rays
were made of quality Austrian crystal, and are spectacular when
illuminated on a tree.
The most common examples are single row Stars for
series use, but some were made for intermediate base and
standard household base sockets as well. These larger ones
were made of Lucite. Surprisingly, many of these Stars are still
found in working order due to the high quality of the special
lamps used in their manufacture. For the complete story of
Matchless Stars, please CLICK HERE
to go to the special section in the main site. |
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| An Austrian-produced rose with a standard
household base that could be used in a lamp or other light
fixture. Circa 1920, these large lights were available in many
varieties, often mirroring the smaller figural lamps for Christmas tree
use in shape and coloring. |
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| Here is a good example of an early 40s
chenille illuminated wreath, often used in windows and
usually found in somewhat faded condition for this reason.
Most of these are nearly the same in appearance regardless of the
manufacturer. This example uses a C-9 intermediate base lamp.
Others can be found that utilize a C-7 candelabra base light. |
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| An iron base window candle, circa 1928.
This style candle with the heavy metal base is unusual and seldom
found. The power cord is not original, as a brown or green cloth
covered one would have been used. |
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| This 1940's window candle has a more
commonly found Bakelite base with applied silver and red trim.
The cardboard candle tube is almost standard in these years as is the
cloth covered power cord. Produced in both an intermediate base
size for C-9 lamps and later in candelabra base size for C-7 lamps as
shown here. |
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