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Item Specifics
Type :
Lamp
Brand & Maker:
Tiffin
Pattern :
Parrot
Glassware Category:
Art Glass
Main Color :
Orange
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Beautiful Authentic Vintage
Tiffin Parrot Lamp. Enameled Orange, Green & Brown with
Gloss Finish.
A highly collectible, beautiful and useful home decor
piece. The glass base, cord, plug and socket are in
excellent condition.
Age:
~50
Years
Size:
6" x 13-1/2"
Condition: Good. The
photos show two places on the bottom rim, 2" x 1/4" &
2-1/2" x 1/4" chipped edge. The lamp still fits snugly
into the base and the chips are not prominent.
Also
pictured is a 1" x 3/8" chip on the bottom of one side of the
perch
There are also some places where the finish is slightly
rubbed.
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Reference: 9.8 #E-6 "Tiffin Glass 1914-1940", Page 149 by
Leslie Pina & Jerry Gallagher, Schiffer Books 1996 and Tiffin
Glassmasters Book II, Page 71 by Fred Bickenheuser, Glassmaster
Publications 1981
About The Tiffin Glass Company
In July 1888, it was announced that the A. J. Beatty &
Sons glass factory of Steubenville, Ohio, would be relocating to
Tiffin, Ohio. A. J. Beatty had been negotiating with various
communities for more than a year to establish a site for the new
factory. The city of Tiffin offered five years of natural gas,
$35,000 in cash, and land valued at $15,000. Construction of a
three-furnace glass factory at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Vine
Street began in September 1888, and operations commenced on August
15, 1889. Early production capacity was reported to be 500,000
pressed tumblers per week.
During the early years of the 1900s, A paper label
identified the glass items with the letters USG intertwined within
a gold-colored shield. Commercial ware continued to be marketed
under the United States Glass Company name until September 1927.
After that time, household goods were identified by a gold paper
label with TIFFIN superimposed on a large "T" within a
shield.
After production had ceased in 1980, the molds were
dispersed and Russell Voglesong of Summit Art Glass Company of
Ravenna, Ohio, acquired the Tiffin shield trademark mold. The
Tiffin Glass Collectors Club subsequently purchased this mold in
1991.
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