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“Parrot” table lamp,

ca. 1920

Handel Company, active 1885–ca. 1936, Meriden, CT
2025-78 a-b

Information

Title
“Parrot” table lamp
Dates

ca. 1920

Maker
Handel Company
Medium
Painted glass and bronzed metal
Dimensions
h. 58.4 × diam. 43.5 cm (23 × 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joel L. Cohen in memory of Kermit A. Brandt, Class of 1956
Object Number
2025-78 a-b
Place Made

North America, United States, Connecticut, Meriden

Signatures
Signed on shade: Handel 7023 Pa.
Inscription
impressed, on metal shade rim: HANDEL | Lamps PAT’D No. | 97664 labeled on underside, on cloth tag: HANDEL | Lamps
Culture
American
Type
lamps (lighting devices)
Materials
metal, glass
Techniques
painting (image-making), bronzing
Subject
modern North American decorative arts styles and movements, lighting, reverse-painted glass

Purchased by Kermit A. Brandt (1934-2014) and Joel L. Cohen; donated to Princeton University Art Museum, April 2025.

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