John Morgan & Sons and Reed & Barton Grape Table Lamp

Mosaic glass and bronze. 32 E. 9th St., New York and Connecticut
Domed shade with grape and floral lower border, unmarked, some heat checks and damage to one tip, over three sockets raised on cylindrical standard joined to leaf decorated circular footed base, marked Reed and Barton B85 on base, accompanied by a reference book Mosaic Shades Vol. II.

Literature: It is speculated that Reed and Barton had a relationship with John Morgan and Sons, and may have purchased shades from Morgan for their bases, see Mosaic Shades, p. 105, the lamp is pictured on p. 113.

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