Are these shades on their own or complete lamps?

Mostly complete fittings. Lamp appears in 720 of the 1,280 titles, brass in 407 and glass in 278, so the usual thing on offer is a base or a pendant sold with its shade. Bare shades do exist in the category. Shades appears in 125 titles and glass shades in 32, and a pair of shades with no fitting sits at the bottom of the range.

What period does most of this lighting come from?

The 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the listings with a clean year, the range runs 1800 to 1940, and the 1920s and 1930s are the two busiest decades by a clear margin, followed by the 1910s and 1900s. A large slice carries an era label rather than a year: 19th Century in 154 titles, Edwardian in 116, Victorian in 83. Those are approximate, and some sampled titles carry a century label that sits oddly with the description or the dated field.

Which shade glasses get named by dealers?

Ribbed prismatic glass leads, in 44 titles. Moonstone, opaline, cut glass, vaseline and cranberry all recur, and colour gets named often for such short titles: cranberry in 53, vaseline in 35, blue in 32, with amber, ruby and peach in the samples. Where a named glass appears, it tends to sit above a plain frosted equivalent of the same shape.

Do many listings say rewired or PAT tested?

Rewired turns up in 154 titles, PAT tested in 38. Both cluster on the ready-to-hang stock, meaning pendants, ceiling lights and table lamps. They appear far less on unconverted oil lamps and on bare shades, which come to market as objects rather than working fittings.

What are the biggest pieces in this category?

Architectural lighting rather than domestic. Billiard and snooker lights, 26-inch hall lights and a 24-inch rise-and-fall chandelier sit at the very top, along with a pair of porcelain vase lamps standing 90cm. Large appears in 74 titles, and the biggest sampled pieces state their dimensions in the title.

Is this category the province of a few specialists?

No. Around 143 listings a year come to market on Sellingantiques, and 181 different dealers have listed in the category. That breadth shows in the stock. Alongside the brass table lamps and glass pendants sit one-offs: an oil lamp with a terrestrial globe as its shade, a copper railway hanging lantern, a newel-post lamp with an acid-etched shade, and a cast-iron "witches hat" ceiling light from a named country house.

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Glass and metal covers made to soften and direct the light of an oil flame, a gas jet or an early bulb, and shield the eye from it.

1900 - 1920

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Early 20thc Brass Swan Neck Desk Lamp

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£365

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1900 - 1920

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Large Alabaster Table Lamp

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£795

FOR SALE

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Art-deco Porcelain Table Lamp, Blue and White Exceptionally Rare Example!

1900 - 1920

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Art-deco Porcelain Table Lamp, Blue and White Exceptionally Rare Example!

From Artsonline

£685

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Antique English Victorian Brass Oil Lamp

19th century

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Antique English Victorian Brass Oil Lamp

From Applecross Antiques

£685

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1900 - 1920

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Wonderful Pair Marble Table Lamps

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£995

FOR SALE

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Louise Seize Style Carved and Original Gilded Table Lamp, Circa 1920.

1900 - 1920

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Louise Seize Style Carved and Original Gilded Table Lamp, Circa 1920.

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£375

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Amsterdam School Rare Brass and Patinated Copper Table Lamp, Circa 1900-20

1900 - 1920

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Amsterdam School Rare Brass and Patinated Copper Table Lamp, Circa 1900-20

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£475

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Stunning Art Nouveau Crackle Glaze Copper & Brass Pendant Light

19th century

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Stunning Art Nouveau Crackle Glaze Copper & Brass Pendant Light

From Rams Head Antiques

£435

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Victorian Glass Spirit Dispensing Barrel Lamp

19th century

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Victorian Glass Spirit Dispensing Barrel Lamp

From Baggott & Co.

£295

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French Louise Seize Style Gilded Metal Table Lamp Circa 1900

1900 - 1920

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French Louise Seize Style Gilded Metal Table Lamp Circa 1900

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£375

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Among the one-offs to pass through: an oil lamp fitted with a terrestrial globe as its shade, and a cast-iron "witches hat" ceiling light from a country house.

1900 - 1920

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Pair Italian Marble Table Lamps

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£695

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Pretty Antique Edwardian Brass Oil Lamp with a Cranberry Glass Shade

1900 - 1920

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Pretty Antique Edwardian Brass Oil Lamp with a Cranberry Glass Shade

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£465

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1900 - 1920

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Edwardian Brass Standard "Steamer" Lamp

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,350

FOR SALE

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French Green and Gold Toleware and Brass Candle Lamp

1900 - 1920

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French Green and Gold Toleware and Brass Candle Lamp

From Elmgarden

£475

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Suite of Art Deco Clam Shell Frosted Glass Lights

1900 - 1920

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Suite of Art Deco Clam Shell Frosted Glass Lights

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,150

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19th century

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19th Century Continental Carved Giltwood Lamp

From Baggott & Co.

£385

FOR SALE

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Antique Light Shades

Early 20thc Brass Swan Neck Desk Lamp

Large Alabaster Table Lamp

Art-deco Porcelain Table Lamp, Blue and White Exceptionally Rare Example!

Antique English Victorian Brass Oil Lamp

Wonderful Pair Marble Table Lamps

Louise Seize Style Carved and Original Gilded Table Lamp, Circa 1920.

Amsterdam School Rare Brass and Patinated Copper Table Lamp, Circa 1900-20

Stunning Art Nouveau Crackle Glaze Copper & Brass Pendant Light

Victorian Glass Spirit Dispensing Barrel Lamp

French Louise Seize Style Gilded Metal Table Lamp Circa 1900

Pair Italian Marble Table Lamps

Pretty Antique Edwardian Brass Oil Lamp with a Cranberry Glass Shade

Edwardian Brass Standard "Steamer" Lamp

French Green and Gold Toleware and Brass Candle Lamp

Suite of Art Deco Clam Shell Frosted Glass Lights

19th Century Continental Carved Giltwood Lamp

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