08/08/2026
A Tiffany Studios three light “Newel Post” table lamp. Circuit 1900 to 1920 featuring three Favril glass pulled feather leaf pattern shades by Quezal art glass of Brooklyn New York, 1901 to 1924. The base signed Tiffany Studios, New York and the shades etched Quezal.
The Newel Post designation comes from the distinctive central bronze form: a ribbed circular foot, tall central post, and three organically curving arms, with the decorative finial at the top. It is one of Tiffany Studios’ most recognizable early table-lamp forms.
The Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company was organized by Martin Bach, Sr., and Thomas Johnson in February 1901. Bach, a French immigrant, had been a formula mixer for Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Corona, New York, glass factory. Johnson, a skilled glassblower, had also been employed by Tiffany. The separate departures of the two men from Tiffany were due to their individual difficulties with the management. It took the knowledge and expertise of both men to form their new glass factory, located on Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn, New York.
The name “Quezal” was registered as a trademark on October 28, 1902. Quezal is actually an alternate spelling for the name of the Guatemalan sun bird, the quetzal. The quetzal bird has plumage of brilliant metallic green, with a crimson breast and a crown of iridescent yellow and green. The legendary bird, whose feathers had once decorated the ceremonial robes of the Aztecs, was illustrated on Quezal’s letterhead as the company trademark and utilized in advertising, which stated, “all our product is reproduced in the beautiful colorings of the Quezal Bird.”
The bronze Tiffany studios lamp retains its original patinated surface and is properly rewired.
