Coach Lamps and Consolidated Glass Co. Fixture

Nadja,
Attached are two images of the lights. Both are in excellent condition with no glass chips or cracks. The chandelier brass has been polished and clear coated I think. I am not certain but I expect that the coach lights (they are a pair) have also lost their original (black?) paint. The coach lights were from my mother’s family funeral home coach. Her great-grandfather started the funeral business in the 1850’s , and was the first to use embalming in Ohio!
I recently was able to look at the chandelier again, and found: “ 40719 PATENT MAY 31, 1910” pressed into the glass rim of the large main globe. I found no markings on the coach lamps. I look forward to hearing from you.
I have more photos.
Thanks,
Chip
Response:
I can give you a little bit more information about the grape “blow-out” glass chandelier than I can about your lovely carriage lamps. The carriage lamps are often sought after by folks who are restoring old carriages for museum and historic house exhibit purposes. Designed for use with kerosene and wick perhaps, I’m not certain whether or not they were painted black but I suppose that would be appropriate for a funeral coach.
A own the sister to your chandelier and it was actually on the cover of the first edition of Antique Lamp Buyer’s Guide. The glass globes were manufactured by the Consolidated Glass Company in Coraopolis Pennsylvania. Some of their work is often confused with the blown-out shades created by the Pairpoint Glass Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The brass metalwork design of your fixture is not quite as elaborate as mine, however the price range in the current edition puts the value at between $2600-$3800.

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