Aboutlyn buerger Expertise Questions about construction of stained glass using copper foil or lead. Repair, designing a pattern, how I go about helping my customers achieve their goals.
Experience I've been doing stained glass for about 35 years. Teach stained glass in my studio and at the local University (UTA Eontinuing Edu)for over 25 years.
Organizations Many art related organizations, and several business organization Ecademy, RYZE, LINKEDIN.
Publications Many trade magazine and have published several art/craft instrucitonal books.
Education/Credentials Some formal college, but no degree. I just took classes that I thought would help me through life and did not work toward a degree.
attached is the picture, if you need others let me know. I really appreciate your help. I have no idea about it. I bought it for 5.00 and it has cloth wires and a ceramic light socket.
thank you in advance for the help.
if you could date the glass It would give me a direction to look
Answer I'm not sure what your question is. The piece looks like something from about the 1950's, but could be as young as current year. It's hard to date the glass from a picture as the detail is not good. The lead looks very wide and up close a person might can tell how oxidized it is and possibly put a date on it. It looks like a mass produced piece that would have been done for a restaurant or commercial production because of the plain design.
If you want to get me better picture of the glass and joints of the lead I'll see if I can come closer.
It does NOT look like an old piece (like 1920s or 1930s)
The ceramic light socket doesn't tell you much because I currently have some of those and they are still available as a new item.
And unfortunately, you can always pick these lamps up at garage sales or flea markets for about $5.00. It cost lots of time and money to build one but they do not have a good resale value especially if they are plain. If it had an intricate pattern it would sell for more without broken pieces, but with damage the ornate ones also have no value. Most people do not know how to repair them and are looking at a high price to have them repaired.
Most stained glass repairs cost at least $25.00 per broken piece. So if a lamp has 4 broken spots, you can expect to pay $100 for the repairs. And from my side of the fence, I wouldn't want to do that much work for $100. I HATE REPAIRS. oooops. I didn't say that.....yes I did.
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