Tiffany Floor Lamp Sky - GOR-193795-cE22

A Tiffany Style Lamp is not an authentic Tiffany Lamp. Original Louis Comfort Tiffany Lamps were not made after 1930 when Tiffany Studios closed. The name “Tiffany” has become synonymous with all lamps of the same style and many producers such as will include the term “Tiffany” in their lamp names by default.

How to tell a real Tiffany lamp from a fake

1. First, turn the lamp over and look under the base. Lift the cap and look for a grey metal ring. The original Tiffany lamps were made with a heavy ring made from lead inside a hollow bronze (or sometimes enameled or mosaic) base. Reproduction lamps tend to use brass, zinc, white metal, wood or even plastic bases instead.

2. The original bronze (or similar metal) base should have a patina, i.e. a brownish or greenish film on the surface of the metal that occurs naturally as a result of oxidation over a long period. While these small colour changes should indicate that the lamp is an original Tiffany, beware that some forgeries may have fake patina.

3. It’s important to carefully inspect the quality of the workmanship of lamp base, as this should give you a good indication of whether or not the lamp is real. A genuine Tiffany lamp base will ooze quality, while cheaper reproductions use inferior materials such as zinc, resin or hard plastic, and shoddy workmanship.

4. Stamps or signatures may be a sign of authenticity, but you need to know what you’re looking for. Tiffany’s marking system consists of cuttings or etchings in the lamp base which changed over the years and is therefore easy to copy. Don’t rely on this one feature.

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A Tiffany Style Lamp is not an authentic Tiffany Lamp. Original Louis Comfort Tiffany Lamps were not made after 1930 when Tiffany Studios closed. The name “Tiffany” has become synonymous with all lamps of the same style and many producers such as will include the term “Tiffany” in their lamp names by default.<br />
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How to tell a real Tiffany lamp from a fake<br />
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1. First, turn the lamp over and look under the base. Lift the cap and look for a grey metal ring. The original Tiffany lamps were made with a heavy ring made from lead inside a hollow bronze (or sometimes enameled or mosaic) base. Reproduction lamps tend to use brass, zinc, white metal, wood or even plastic bases instead.<br />
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2. The original bronze (or similar metal) base should have a patina, i.e. a brownish or greenish film on the surface of the metal that occurs naturally as a result of oxidation over a long period. While these small colour changes should indicate that the lamp is an original Tiffany, beware that some forgeries may have fake patina.<br />
<br />
3. It’s important to carefully inspect the quality of the workmanship of lamp base, as this should give you a good indication of whether or not the lamp is real. A genuine Tiffany lamp base will ooze quality, while cheaper reproductions use inferior materials such as zinc, resin or hard plastic, and shoddy workmanship.<br />
<br />
4. Stamps or signatures may be a sign of authenticity, but you need to know what you’re looking for. Tiffany’s marking system consists of cuttings or etchings in the lamp base which changed over the years and is therefore easy to copy. Don’t rely on this one feature.