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Posted 2 years ago
Alfredo
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How many times you have seen these sold as Loetz, with the corresponding price tag? I do not buy shades to store them in a cabinet.
My living room actually has 31 in place! And I like to rotate them. So I go
for sets, which I have laboriously amassed over long periods of time. Some fit a 2.25" fitter (the first three) and others the 3" fitters (the last three). Their beauty lays in their being used in sets, so get yourself a nice 4 shade fixture and play.
By the way, there was a time I had mostly Nuart shades. But these really go with iridescent Czech glass!
Note: I have removed the group photo and replaced it with these two crackle shades in a different shape, which I just got off E-Bay.
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Alfredo,
I thought you might be inetrested in seeing two fairy lamps similar to your crackle shades. They were included in the Schreiber & Neffin 1895 catalog at;
http://www.fairy-lamp.com/Fairylamp/CatalogAds/SchreiberNeffen1895_Mod.jpg
The following link will take you to a photo of the fairy lamps:
http://www.fairy-lamp.com/Temp/R-233.jpg
So far, I only know of blue and red. They may be other colors as well.
Jim
http://www.fairylampclub.com
Jim, I can't thank you enough! I'll be posting some 20's Kralik, which has a blue hyacinth piece.
Alfredo, Please could you have a look at this piece of crackle for me ? http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/63294-kralik-soft-crackle--surely-not Thank you Peter