A HANDEL 'BIRDS OF PARADISE' REVERSE-PAINTED AND PATINATED-METAL TABLE LAMP, DESIGN INTRODUCED IN 1923

the domical shade in 'chipped ice' and lightly 'sand finished' glass, painted to the verso with two pairs of exotic birds amidst a profusion of flowers and foliage in shades of peach, yellow, magenta, bright orange, blue, lime green, lavender, and burgundy, against a matte blue-black ground, shade signed HANDEL 7026, the underside of base with firm's cloth tag

Robert DeFalco et. al., Handel Lamps: Painted Shades and Glassware, H & D Press, New York, 1986, p.136-137.