Posted 2 years ago
IronLace
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The ongoing quest for fairy lamp parts continues!
Last week I got two examples of Victorian fairy lamp cups, one from eBay AU & the other from a local op shop during an excursion with Karen. :-)
The pink & white spatter cup is by Welz. There are a few leaves missing but I'm just so thrilled to have this. Now, for the matching dome...
The clear cup is marked with an RD number - 92571.
This design was registered on January 30, 1888, by J. Stembridge of London - Importer. The design is called the Bijou Illuminator.
The cup was made in Europe, to be used with various fairy lamp domes.
This was a super find & big thanks to Karen for a most enjoyable day out!
Funnily enough, I'd only just mentioned to her that I always check the clear pressed glass items in case there are any orphan fairy lamp cups hidden in plain sight among the open salts & small dishes...I've found two others that way in the past, & this is the third!
Beautiful pieces!! Very nice finds!!
Hi Marin, Interesting post as I've never before seen a Welz fairy lamp cup with added leaves. Perhaps to reflect the light and twinkle? I'll keep an eye out for the matching dome as I think I may recognise the décor! I've been looking for a Welz dome in green stripes (satin finish) for some time now. They are so hard to find here, but occasionally.....
Many thanks, Scott!
Thanks also, Peggy!
I have one other Welz fairy lamp base, in the pale blue version of this spatter decor - it also has leaves (also has a few missing, it seems to be the deal with them). It is the larger size. Currently I've matched it with a blue & white pulled loop dome, which suits the colour scheme.
As to the leaves, reflecting light is a nice idea. And as we know, Welz tended to make their products extra fancy, with as many decorative details as they could fit in!
It sure is hard to match up fairy lamp parts...they don't turn up often, even though I'm always looking for them.
If you can swallow the postage costs America is your best search area for fairy lamp parts. But even then you have to know which décors are most common to tilt the odds in your favour. There is at least one collector who has a great collection bought as 'separates'. No consolation at all!
I've picked up a few from the USA in years past, but I'm committed to buying local only now, even if it means less choice & an endless slog of searching & trying to match parts up (which is actually fun in a weird way).
There's no exchange rate shock, no massive postage costs, or months - long wait for parcels to arrive.
I've had just enough luck from time to time with my finds, & buying odd parts is definitely cheaper than buying intact fairy lamps, which tend to go for astronomical sums when they do turn up!