Primary Description:
Colorless lead glass, silver-plated metal; mold-blown, cut; metal: cast, plated. Multi-part lamp with (a) an inverted trumpet-shaped glass base, cut in a pattern of 3 large pinwheels with hobstars in between and prism cutting on upper half which has a metal collar on top ending in a hemisphere; (b) is a silver-plated ring which has a hemisphere in the center which screws into the base, forming a sphere when it is correctly put together. The ring has four S-curved branching arms which end in electrical sockets and fittings, and a double electrical socket at the top; the arms have a row of close beading, as does the rim; (c) is a central domed shade cut in a pattern of 4 pinwheels with a hobstar in the center base and 4 smaller hobstars between the pinwheels, which rests on the ring; (d, e, f and g) are four globular shades slightly pointed at the lower end and cut in three large in wheels which fill sides and a hobstar at the lower end. The ring and arms are hung with 34 smaller and 62 lager tripartite cut prisms. The cut pinwheels on the base and all five shades have an unusual center which is a small star surrounded by overlapping squares.