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Title: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 24, 2012, 07:03:48 PM
Hey,

So my wife and I have recently been hitting hard times with bills and what not and are looking for some ways to get some extra cash togeather.

Her father gave her a lamp...if the post works it should be in the post, anyways its a em and co and has the date 1907 stamped on it, were pretty sure its legit because he got it from his parents that died in 1950 and they were 90.....so its pretty probable that were the third owners of this thing.   anyway i type in em and co cherub lamp and come up with designs only of short chubby cherubs, this figure is more fairy like im thinking. any advice?
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: aDawn on June 24, 2012, 07:32:49 PM
Quick reply on my phone :) I looked for EM & Co figural lamp.

I found this one on eBay:  http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem;PdsSession=213e932c1380a0276c525802fffb6552?itemId=251089686534&index=3&nav=SEARCH&nid=64978558342

And this: http://lampsaler.com/rare-antique-e-m-co-miller-figural-gas-lamp-light-wcranberry-etched-shade

Hope that gives you somewhere to start!
By the way, if the links don't work, just copy/paste...I hate trying to do this on a phone haha!

Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 24, 2012, 07:36:58 PM
wow! those are near identical aside from being gas.....Thanks!
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: KC on June 24, 2012, 07:40:26 PM
Edward Miller and Company is most likely the company.  1907 is most likely an identification number.

They made so many kinds of lamps you may not find one exactly like yours.

Word of caution:  There were lots of copy-cats made by companies that desired the sales that EM & Co made during the time of kerosene lamps.

Can you post a pic of the EM & Co?

They did take lamps that were previously gas in design and later made them in electric.
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 24, 2012, 07:49:54 PM
Kc, i cant right now seeing as i am at work, i wil take a pic tonight and post when i get back to work tomorrow!.....no internet at home and im not sure how this site with work on my smartphone.
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 24, 2012, 07:51:34 PM
if it helps any, even the light sockets themselves have miller (or something to that effect im doing this from memory) stamped on them.
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 25, 2012, 11:29:13 AM
Base of the lamp
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: mart on June 25, 2012, 05:52:58 PM
Do you have the shades for this lamp ??
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on June 26, 2012, 04:54:41 PM
no, it caught fire years back.....and the base was all that was salvaged.
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: mart on June 26, 2012, 05:47:01 PM
Do you remember what they looked like ??
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: KC on June 27, 2012, 01:22:47 PM
Believe it was a singe shade Mart.
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: mart on June 27, 2012, 02:20:39 PM
Thanks KC,, Didn`t look close enough !!  Thought it was two offset glass shades, but I guess thats a finial at top ?
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: KC on June 27, 2012, 11:12:51 PM
Yepper!
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: Jaykup20 on July 01, 2012, 06:24:07 PM
do not remeber the shade, im pretty sure it was in the fire and burned even before my father was born, im 28.

Does the base look authentic?

is there any value here?
Title: Re: EM & Co lamp.....need some help.
Post by: mart on July 01, 2012, 07:31:47 PM
Its difficult to tell how  much damage the fire/smoke did !! But I think if it was listed on ebay with good pics and reasonable starting price it might do pretty well !! No huge money but whatever it brings,, is more than you had before !!