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Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, New Bedford, MA
The Pairpoint Manufacturing Co., only made silver items from 1880 to 1894, then added glass products. From 1907 to 1929, it made lamps. The best of these lamps have mold-blown, reverse-painted glass shades.
Designs of flowers or fruit were raised in the glass, then painted the proper colors from the inside. Collectors today call these "puffies." Other shades were made of reverse-painted smooth glass. The style of the shade and the base date the lamp.
Early lamps had metal bases shaped like tree trunks or other natural forms. The company continued with urn-shaped vases and, by 1910, some bases were made of metal and glass. One design in a 1910 catalog features a base with two branches joined by a clear glass ball filled with bubbles. Any Pairpoint table lamp with a painted glass shade sells today for more than $500. Most sell for more.
- See more at: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-01-24/news/9901240397_1_pairpoint-shade-glass#sthash.DMAbwb0z.dpuf
airpoint Manufacturing Company started in 1880 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. William L. Libbey established Pairpoint Manufacturing Company in New Bedford to make silver-plated metal mounts for Mt. Washington. It soon joined with the glassworks nearby and made glass, silver-plated pieces, and lamps. Reverse-painted glass shades and molded shades known as "puffies" were part of the production until the 1930s. The company reorganized and changed its name several times but is still working today. Items listed here are glass or glass and metal. Silver-plated pieces are listed under Silver Plate.
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