Some of you may already be aware of a special product line, introduced in the mid-teens, named Ambero. This product line was decorated by Pairpoint’s Lamp Department and, while unique unto itself, has visual similarities to Pairpoint’s Puffy and Reverse-Painted lamp shades. There was a nice variety of shapes within this line and several decorating patterns. Probably, the most commonly seen Ambero item is the Candle Lamp, having a very distinctive hurricane shade with amber ground and reverse-painted decoration and almost always found on a beautifully turned mahogany wooden base with brass trimmings. An example can be seen in the left-hand image. According to Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass, Volume Two, by Ken Wilson and Jane Spillman, Page 230, there were three different base shapes and three decorating patterns associated with the Ambero Candle Lamps. According to Wilson/Spillman, the patterns were #860 – Chestnut, #880 – Unidentified, and #887 – Grapes.
Recently a friend of ours, John Stewart III, sent us an image of a very unusual Ambero Candle Lamp from his collection having a hurricane decoration of what appears to be a Dragonfly on a pinkish-lavender ground. We have never seen this decoration before and thought we would share it with our readers. We have to wonder if this design could be the unidentified #880 design we mentioned in the previous paragraph, or a special order. We would love to know. Let us hear from you.
Marion and Sandy Frost
October 7, 2020
Recently a friend of ours, John Stewart III, sent us an image of a very unusual Ambero Candle Lamp from his collection having a hurricane decoration of what appears to be a Dragonfly on a pinkish-lavender ground. We have never seen this decoration before and thought we would share it with our readers. We have to wonder if this design could be the unidentified #880 design we mentioned in the previous paragraph, or a special order. We would love to know. Let us hear from you.
Marion and Sandy Frost
October 7, 2020
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