For you to be able to identify a good Tiffany lamp from a bad one, you need to have knowledge on how Tiffany lamps are made. All decent Tiffany lamps are not made by machinery, but hand made works of art. The shade of a Tiffany lamp is constructed tiffany bead bracelet from hand cut, polished and shaped pieces of stained art glass. Once all the pieces are cut, copper foil is wrapped around each individual piece (can you image how long that would take for a shade made out of 1000 pieces?). These copper wrapped glass pieces are then soldered together with lead.

An Important Bit!

I must stress here, that when you look at a Tiffany shade close up, you may see some bubble, seeds (tiny bubbles) or lines in the stained glass. Do not be alarmed by this! These are not defects. They're features of the lamp and add character to the lamp. tiffany key chain.. they simply reflect the nature and beauty of real stained art glass!

One of the great, and unique features about a Tiffany lamp is that no two Tiffany lamps are identical. Why? Because the glass in these lamps aren't plain ordinary glass... it's high quality hand rolled art glass, and only the best pieces of glass -- with the right hues and texture -- are used for the Tiffany shade. This... combined with the characteristic qualities of the seeds and lines mean there's and infinite subtle variation of any one Tiffany lamp of the same shade, size and theme. No wonder Tiffany lamps are so special and a true tiffany cufflinks one-of-a-kind lamp!

How To Identify Good Quality Glass

Good Tiffany lamps are made of colorful glass of intense color. These Tiffany lamps are vibrant pieces of decorative art, that would catch the corner of your eye -- even in a room that's lit by bright summer light pouring through the window pane. This is true even if the lamp is not even lit! This shows the quality and intensity of colors in a good quality lamp. Poor quality Tiffany lamp glass will be the opposite, the color of the glass will be washed xtiffany banglesout, the shade will appear dull and flat. This lamp would not out shine a sun lit room on a hot summers day.

A Good Quality Base

Good high-end Tiffany lamps use bronze bases... whilst lower quality Tiffany lamps aren't made out of such high quality material, but have bronze finished bases made of zinc alloy. Try to stay away from this type! Another type of base that's good quality is a base made out of mahogany. A good quality base will cheap tiffany jewelry tiffany bangleslast you for years... and your grandchildren too!

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