A Fine Gray Crackle Vase Now Mounted as a Lamp With Gilt Bronze Mounts By Caldwell & Co.
19th CenturyCaldwell & Co. was America’s premier producer of lighting and other metal objects during the turn of the 20th century through the 1940s, and the archives are currently stored in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library in New York City. Notable clients of Caldwell lighting fixtures included the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, and the Roosevelts, and the company was also commissioned for famous landmarks such as the Grand Central Terminal, Radio City Music Hall, and the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Caldwell & Co. manufactured unique and intricate lighting fixtures in their Manhattan factory, such as chandeliers, electrified lamps and wall sconces, which were then shipped to prominent residences all over the United States.
Provenance:Private Collection Greenwich CT.
Le Trianon Fine Art & Antiques
Height 24 in.
Inv#: Lamp68