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Hi! I know nothing about antiques, but I came across an old lamp shaped like a duck. The signature of the artist is named Thomas Taber. Is there an artist by that name and who made this old lamp?

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Hi Millissa
Nice to hear from you
After a Google search, I found out a bit about Thomas Taber. Now I cannot tell you if its the same Tabor who made your lamp, but the chances seem good.
Thomas Tabor was an outdoors man who also carved duck decoys and wrote guides to outdoor places.
Unfortunately I could find nothing about his birth or death or if he still may be alive.
There is also a Thomas Tabor Museum and I think you should contact them with some enquiries.
Heres their email addy
visitorinfo@williamsport.org <visitorinfo@williamsport.org>
I would be interested in hearing about anything you may find out.
Kindest Regards
Eileen

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