Handel Flower Lamp

575

Here for your consideration is a lovely flowered in full bloom and some buds soon to open, properly signed Handel # 2123 students lamp shade (selling shade only) fits the standard 10" round and is 7.7" high. Has that cool art nouveau look, hand painted by one of Handel's talented, great artists. In very good condition. Some very slight roughness around the top which appears was in the manufacturing process. Very slight, I mention for full disclosure. This beauty is low priced at $575 plus shipping. Here is a chance to own a beautiful piece of vintage American art which is also practical.

Philip Handel joined in partnership with Adolph Eydam in 1885 to form the ?Eydam and Handel Company? in Meriden, Connecticut. When this partnership dissolved in 1892, the remaining company was relocated to larger facilities and was thereafter known as ?Philip J. Handel? and then as ?Handel and Company?. ?The Handel Company? originally incorporated on June 11, 1903 with Philip J. Handel, Albert Parlow, and Antone Teich as the primary officers. Philip J. Handel married his second wife, Fannie Hirschfield Handel, in 1906, and she became company President upon Philip Handel?s death in 1914. She would remarry (Fannie Handel Turner) in 1918 and managerial control of the company soon passed to William F. Handel, Philip?s cousin. The immediate post World War I period was one of tremendous growth and profitability for The Handel Company. However, the economic slowdown of the late 1920?s and resulting Great Depression had a devastating effect on company fortunes. By 1929, most production had ceased, and manufacturing ended all together in 1936.