Handel Peacock Floor Lamp

14,650

Here for your consideration is a very rare and beautiful Handel peacock floor lamp. The 20" shade has all the original colorful textures glass, free of chips or cracks or repairs and is properly signed Handel. the base measures 13" at the foot and stands 64" high is heavy brass and is also properly signed Handel and is numbered. Also has all the original and correct hardware and rewired for safety. Very low price for this rare museum quality Handel floor lamp.$14,650 plus shipping.

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.