Re: Deco Lampshade

David wrote:

> I have a glass lampshade, I think from the Art Deco period. I
> would like to know more about it, but its only identifying mark is
> a patent or pattern number which is 386508.
> Does anyone know what this means or know where I might find out.

Strangely enough, US Utility patent 386,508 is for a lamp, but the 
patent is dated 1888 and doesn't show a shade, just an oil lamp base.  
The invention was for an insulator designed to reduce the temperature 
of the base, so it doesn't seem likely that a shade would be marked 
with this patent number.

Design patent 386,508 is from 1996 and is for a video camera.

It's likely that the number on the shade is a manufacturer's pattern or 
stock number - probably impossible to track down.

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