Magnificent Antique Bent Slag Panel Glass Lamp Shade Bradley & Hubbard E Miller

Magnificent Antique Bent Slag Panel Glass Lamp Shade Bradley & Hubbard E Miller Era. I could not find a mark but certain it was made by one I mentioned or perhaps Rainaud, Pittsburgh or other famous makers from 1910 era. Measures 16 3/8″ wide and about 9″ high. It has 12 glass panels – 6 caramel slag and 6 red orange slag. The caramel colors panels are fine, one of the red orange color panels has a single crack. A previous owner added to the inside a few drops of white putty to keep the panels from rattling and coming loose – it is only visible from the inside and it actually makes perfect sense. The metal filagree is 100% complete, the lower edge has 6 sections and 3 of these areas have a small tight age crack but again nothing missing and all the panels are held tight – my 12 photos should show this shade in detail. Guaranteed an authentic 1910 era Art Nouveau table lamp shade in the classic tradition and most likely Bradley & Hubbard. We are listing a lamp base that we acquired with this shade but it looks like it was a marriage which is why we are listing is separately. Slag glass, also known as marble glass or malachite glass, is a type of opaque, streaked pressed glass. Production of slag glass originated in late-19th-century England, where glass manufacturers are thought to have added slag from iron-smelting works to molten glass to create a range of effectsfrom tortoiseshell to marbling. Among other uses, slag glass was a popular material for lampshades. One of the first glass foundries to produce slag glass (although it was not called that at the time) was the Gateshead, England, firm of Sowerby, which patented its recipe for purple malachite glass in 1878. Market as “blackberries and cream, ” this popular formula was followed by other malachite colors, including a lemon-yellow called Giallo, a drab green called Pomona, a blue malachite called Sorbini, and Sowerbys famous Brown, which is very difficult to find today. Since the process of making slag glass was shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, stories sprang up to try and account for the process behind the effects. For example, it was a good bet that Sowerbys Blue Nugget color of 1883 was the result of adding cadmium to molten glass, but how to explain Gold Nugget? Stories soon spread that John George Sowerby, son of the companys founder, was tossing gold sovereigns into batches of amber glass to create this dramatic hue. In the United States, manufacturers such as Westmoreland and Akro Agate picked up on the techniques developed in England and produced their own versions of slag glass. As in England, one of the most popular applications for their pressed opaque glass was in lampshades. Wide bands of creamy colors allowed the light source in a lamp to fill a room with a soft ivory glow, while the purples and greens and reds pieced together in detailed leaded shades resulted in multi-colored illumination. Just about anyone who was making lamps during the Art Nouveau period, from Tiffany to Roycroft to Steuben, might have used slag glass in their shades. But whether they did or not in a particular lamp is another matter. The problem is that today, “slag glass” is used rather casually by dealers and collectors alike to refer to almost any type of pressed opaque glass containing colored swirls or streaks. The key to determining if a piece of glass is “true” slag or just a handsome example of pressed glass is to look for glass that is obviously and richly marbled rather than simply colored or streaked. The item “Magnificent Antique Bent Slag Panel Glass Lamp Shade Bradley & Hubbard E Miller” is in sale since Sunday, November 20, 2016. This item is in the category “Antiques\Decorative Arts\Lamps”. The seller is “spooknook” and is located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Primary Material: Glass