Handel Lamp #6748

6,950

Here for your consideration is an outstanding 18" Handel lamp. This shade is the rare molded type with the 8 vertical lobes, is chipped ice finish and in excellent condition, free of any chips or damage of any sort. This scenic lamp has the great trees, water, sky, clouds and sun. Really three dimensional with wonderful artistry. The base is also special and stands 26" high with all original and correct hardware with acorn chain pulls also properly signed Handel. Has been rewired for safety. $ 6,950. plus shipping and insurance.

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. In Handel's hayday, they produced many types of high quality lamps which are in high demand.