Antique Bradley & Hubbard Heavy Table Lamp 4-Panel Slag Glass Shade Signed VGC
Antique Bradley & Hubbard Table Lamp 4-Panel Slag Glass Shade Signed VGC. This lamp is 100% all original and the light sockets and pull chains work. There is one crack in the lamp shade frame that can easily be repaired (See Photos). This is a rare style lamp as I have scoured the internet and cannot find one even similar. The base is cast iron and very heavy weighing in at 19 pounds! From internet research it seems the cast Bradley & Hubbard mark dates it between 1875 and 1940. I cannot find out the exact year it was made. (If you see this listing and have more information please message me). Lamp with Shade is 23 inches tall. Shade is 17 inches wide and 9 inches tall. Base is 14 inches tall and 7 inches wide. About Bradley & Hubbard. Bradley & Hubbard is a name found on many metal objects. Walter Hubbard and his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Lyman Bradley, started making cast iron clocks, tables, frames, andirons, lamps, chandeliers, sconces, and sewing birds in 1854 in Meriden, Connecticut. Before it found large success with kerosene-burning lamps with glass shades in the 1870s, Bradley & Hubbard mainly produced clocks, along with call bells and sewing machines. The company became Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company in 1875. Charles Parker Company bought the firm in 1940. The company loosely began in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut when Nathaniel and William Bradley, Orson and Chitten Hatch, and Walter Hubbard, formed Bradley, Hatch & Company. This incarnation of the company only manufactured clocks. Clocks remained the firm’s primary product into the 1860′s. In addition to their successful line of clocks, Bradley & Hubbard also produced a wide range of household items including match safes, call bells, andirons, urns, bookends, frames, desk accessories and vases. 1875 the company reorganized to form the Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company. Walter Hubbard served as President and Nathaniel Bradley as Treasurer. The firm enjoyed rapid growth throughout the 1880′s. By 1888, the company employed over one thousand workers and had showrooms in major cities including New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. One of the most prolific of the B&H products was the Rayo lamp it produced under contract for Standard Oil. In keeping with the changing times, Bradley & Hubbard produced a variety of electric lamps as well. I have built businesses for 20 years. I did not like the vintage collectibles business so I started a rock and mineral business. “Rock Your Chakra” at. The item “Antique Bradley & Hubbard Heavy Table Lamp 4-Panel Slag Glass Shade Signed VGC” is in sale since Saturday, October 28, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Lamps, Lighting\Lamps\ Electric\Table Lamps”. The seller is “timegonebuys” and is located in Newbury Park, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Maker: Bradley and Hubbard
- Age: 1875-1940
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Primary Material: Cast Iron
- Shade: Slag Glass