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Rookwood elephant lamp, Arts & Crafts, matte green 2491
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Rookwood elephant lamp, Arts & Crafts, matte green rare This is a marvelous Arts & Crafts "Rookwood" lamp, high end arts and crafts geometric design. Rookwood flame logo with the initials RP, the year produced (1919) XIX The shape is 2491 This is a stylized triple elephants with geometric ears, trunks, acanthus leaves on top of their heads and at the top of the column. The glaze is a satin or a matte green - medium with darker green flowing highlights on white porcelain carved highlighted background. The figural elephants body and center column are in excellent condition, no chips, cracks, repairs nor hairlines. This is hard paste porcelain and t is zero crazing. The height to the top of the lamps finial is 25". The height of ceramic figurine is 14.5" in height and 6.75" in width at the base. Original warm dark copper patina on all lamp parts. Sockets both (patented 4-23-12 ), made by Benjamin; the one with short chain works perfectly, the full length chain socket intermittent. Original shorted silk cord, no plug. NO SHADE. Lamp weighs approximately 5 lbs, 4 0z Weight: Boxed shipping aprox 9 to10 lbs. USPS priority only. Packaging, insurance, tracking and shipping Priority Mail in continental USA or APO $40 Canada or International ok, but extra $$ for shipping.Rookwood pottery was founded in 1880 in Cincinnati by Maria Longsworth Nichols. High quality pottery was produced and the company developed many very fine glazes. The company boomed in the 1920's. Hit by the 1930's depression, it held on for years and finally went bankrupt in 1941. The company has been sold several times; in the 1960's it moved to Starkvile , Mississippi and closed their doors in the summer of 1967. In response to your question dated October 18, 2007 ; I very closely inspected this piece under a bright spot lamp and with a magnifying glass and have detected very slight crazing. Probably could have never seen it without the bright light. So I need to correct my statement from zero crazing to very slight and only seen under a bright light./// On the base on the foot, t is a pinpoint indentation in the glaze, after looping it I would describe it as t but not a big deal./// Now for the biggie; at the top of the lamp right below the copper cap and maybe 3/8" long is something, at first it may look like a shallow hairline but upon using a 10x loop it does not appear to go down into the porcelain and may just be a surface crazing line./// So this is my updated change in the description. If any one that has bid up to this time thatt wishes to drop out please do so./// These are only very slight imperfections of a truly magnificent piece of pottery. For me it is not a major deal and I have been as picky as possible in order to reveal everything at my end./// I have also taken 3 additional pictures only able to upload one, I can email them to you or any one else if you wish. My email address is you will have to send my yours./// Thank you for your detailed question and best regards, robert Ps. I am leaving tomorrow (20 th .) on a short trip so my window of time is very slight; I will not be back until the last day of the auction.
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