November 20, 2008
The Victorian style, encompassing all things elegant, shiny, and frivolous, was popular between the 1840s and the early 1900s. Victorian lighting ranged from ornate candelabras to oil lamps to early electric lamps. Among other things, Victorian era lamps are known for floral imagery, and for ornate lampshades with hanging tassels.
My grandparents were antique collectors all their lives, their whole house was furnished in antiques. They ha… [more]
How did I get started collecting Victorian Furniture? Antiques is in my genes, my mother's family were longti… [more]
What got me interested in TV lamps? I’ve always had an interest in the tackier artifacts of the 1950s and… [more]
How did I start collecting Victorian trade cards? In the late 60s I was a bottle collector, early American bo… [more]
Malcolm Warrington is based 12 miles to the west of Central London. He is a council member of the UK Ephemera… [more]
This stunning gallery of 138 Tiffany lamps and lampshades, part of the Dr. Egon Neustadt Collection presented by th… [more]
John Werry's in-depth blog on rare Victorian Furniture, with detailed, informative and often humorous posts on doze… [more]
Lamp collector and dealer Dan Edminster has put together an incredible reference site on antique lamps and related … [more]
Attention paper collectors: don't miss Malcolm Warrington's exquisitely designed tribute to Victorian scraps (stamp… [more]
Get a taste of how homes were lit in the 50s, 60s, and 70s with the Danish retro-style lighting designs featured on… [more]
Ben Crane's excellent reference site on Victorian trade cards. Includes a scrapbook containing hundreds of beautifu… [more]
Malcolm Roebuck's tribute to the ornate silk picture bookmarks and postcards ('Stevengraphs') produced by Thomas St… [more]
Mark Stevens has created an impressive living memorial to Texans Inc., a 20th century Texas manufacturer of ceramic… [more]
Bruce Bleier's tribute to the Emeralite and Bellova lampshades made from Czech glass and popularized and distribute… [more]
Terry Marsh’s beautiful showcase of gas-pressure lanterns, lamps, stoves, irons, and heaters from the 1920s o… [more]
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Antique Shabby Victorian Chic Cut Glass Lamp Prisms$19.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid
Vintage Satin Glass Lamp Shade Blue White Victorian 5"$5.99 Ends Friday 1 bid
Antique Victorian Medical Vapo Cresolene Vaporizer Lamp$5.50 Ends Wednesday 4 bids
Victorian Kerosene Lamp Glass/brass L@@k$4.50 Ends Monday 1 bid
Superb Victorian Pale Pink Glass Finger Oil Lamp$1.49 Ends Tuesday 1 bid
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