Ooo. I want one. :)

Can you stand on a chair or something and get a closer shot of the bowl? Is it like Majolica?

I think I'd try to replace the chains, or at least restring the ones that are there.

@Fori- I can take better shots. Is there anything particular you are interested in because I would not be able to take a shot INTO the bowl but only from the side or bottom.

I don't want to be the kind of person who falls over the cliff trying to get an instagram worthy selfie 😱

Restringing isn't possible because many of them are just gone so it is a few sad remnants hanging on - no pun intended. I had intended to replace them and my designer had taken them to a metal place where we found out that they were actually somewhat rare - ie. you just couldn't get chains by the yard from stock - so it took several months for them to be manufactured and then the pandemic intervened and the company claims to have misplaced them so I would have to start the cycle over again of having the chains remade.

ETA - The dragonfly and the color scheme is what makes me think of Art Nouveau because dragonflys were such a common design motif for Art Nouveau.

ETA again - It is possible that it started life as a vase of some kind but I think the construction of turning it into a chandelier seems elaborate for that. As a child a lot of the lamps in my home had started life as old vases or statues but that was a much easier process - again anyone who is familiar with that kind of retro fitting of vintage vases and statues recognizes the construction of that kind of lamp.

I'd like a closer look at the ceramics, like the moth. But be forewarned: I know nothing about this and won't be able to offer any helpful information. Don't take any risks of course! :)

@Fori - I will take more careful shots as I just did very quick snap shots but probably tomorrow morning as it is getting dark here and I think flash would distort the shots.

I might also try to get better shots of the design of the arms and other metal work as well.

Thanks for your input.

that is cast brass, id go 1930's, the pottery might actually be foreign, doesn't look to be American. this might have been imported. maybe even a copy?

That ain't no dragonfly--that's a moth or butterfly. :) Still, very much a European art nouveau headed toward deco vibe.

@RL Relocation LLC Yes definitely brass and not pot metal.

While styles aren't exclusive to one era as people purchase household decorative objects made in a style that wasn't "of that period". However the piece doesn't seem to be of a style that would have been purchased as a chandelier for the home during the Depression Era. Of course anything is possible since "colonial" furniture was proific and popular after WW II but the piece feels a bit earlier - if anything it might be from the 1920's and inspired by the earlier Craftsmen that was still lingering. The arms have a certain geometric style which is not out of line with Deco influences.

What would they be copying? It doesn't seem as if this is the kind of piece that I have seen from an earlier time which would inspire copies.

@Fori 😂 An entymologist I am not. But I think we both agree it has the typical "nature" motif of both Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts.

I'm not sure the black shades are right for it. It might have once had glass. Or nothing. I'd remove them and see if you like it.

Shades aren't original nor was there any attempt to be authentic. I do have vintage sconces in my guest bathroom and I sought out an artisan for custom mica shades for those sconces.

What they had "originally" I don't know but my mother had capiz shades which were replaced with these shades at the suggestion of my designer as an accent to tie a lot of design elements together. I have seen the chandelier with different options and quite like the bit of drama - I have a lot of vintage stuff but elements of Hollywood Regency which would bring in the glitz accents.

First picture are the shades which were originally on THIS chandelier - your basic capiz shell shades

Second picture are the sconces with the mica shades I ordered. I have no idea what would have been authentic to these sconces but the mica shades complemented the rest of my design choices like the copper and the tile. These sconces were originally silver but I had them plated copper.

I would desperately love to find a place in my home for the lamp which is lurking in the background which most definitely started out life as an Art Nouveau vase before my mother turned it into a lamp.

@Fori You are absolutely amazing.

The internet is one of the reasons why I stopped going to flea markets every Sunday morning because the fun for me was finding that "rare" object - not because of the value but because it delighted me visually. But with the internet I realized that everything had a duplicate somewhere and if I wanted something badly enough I didn't have to be out with a flashlight at 5 AM.

Of course I am also at the stage where I am more seeking good homes for my objects to the extent possible rather than actively buying stuff unless it is useful and also has some specific place for it if it is decorative. Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful - to quote William Morris whose design aesthete I find beautiful.

The Worth Point Majolica chandelier Majolica is a slightly different design than the one I have and the chain is different as well. I wonder if mine is a copy of this one or if it just got changed along the way. The text indicates this can be wired so this was intended for candles. Perhaps when my chandelier got wired for electricity they also had to modify the chains - or it could also have just been separated from the chains when it was removed from its original house. In the 1950's people were literally just throwing out vintage fixtures from the brownstones in Brooklyn and so this might have been salvaged without the original chains.

The Worth Point text doesn't indicate date or style or period but were they making candle only chandeliers in the 1930's or even the 1920's?

Good job Fori! I was looking up vintage art pottery hanging baskets. The blue color reminds me of the blues of Roseville art pottery that was made from Ohio clay from early 30’s to 50’s. There are many other pottery names in that genre. The chandelier body could easily have been made from a hanging planter basket or a jardiniere.

The internet has ruined many things. On the other hand, it's easier to fix a toilet in the middle of the night now.

Yours has nicer accoutrements and colors. They're both weird! But good weird.

But perhaps yours is older than you think and is a wired candle thing instead of wired gas. Or it was a newer candle thing for some reason, from a 1930s version of Pier 1 Imports. :)