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The price range of good quality Tiffany lamps vary. The more intricate the design of the lamp, the greater the price will be... due to the amount of effort a glass lamp   UGG Boots Classic Cardy artist has to undertake to implement an intricate design -- compared with a simpler one. Also. The more panels and colors a Tiffany lamp has, the more costly it is.

The Good... The Bad... And The Plain Old Ugly!

Here's a quick overview of what to look for in a good & bad Tiffany lamp.

The Glass

Bad Lamps

o Use low quality glass which looks rough and lacks brilliance

o They need a good light bulb to illuminate the artistic patterns

o The colors are not well arranged in these lamps

o They're inconsistent nature of the low-end glass makes it difficult to find the exact color variations

Good Lamps

o Use high quality stained glass.

o They shine even when the light bulb is not lit

o You can see the patterns clearly all the way through

o The texture of art glass is smooth

o The colors are vibrant and well balanced thus bringing their themes to life

Ugly Lamps

o Have plastic as a substitute to glass.  UGG Boots And Jimmy Choo (Sorry... I don't mean to offend anyone here, but in my opinion, these lamps should never be produced!)

The Solder

Bad Lamps

o The solder is inconsistent

o Solder is thick at some places and thin at other places... indication of poor craftsman ship

Good Lamps

o Finely drawn

o Even and well polished

o Firm and usually plump

o Supporting the glass artwork and holding the shades tight

In summary:

Good Tiffany style lamps have a smooth and even solder lines separating the glass pieces. Bad Tiffany lamps have a rough and uneven solder lines -- if you're not careful... the solder lines may even cut your fingers!

Is a Fruit Lamp A Tiffany Lamp?

To put it bluntly... fruit lamps being called Tiffany lamps is a huge insult to the late Louise C. Tiffany and anyone in the Tiffany lamp business! Not every stained glass lamp you see is  Ugg Boots Canada a Tiffany lamp, and a fruit lamp is one of them. So why, you may be thinking, is a fruit lamp not a Tiffany lamp? Well you're in luck. After you've finished reading this you'll know exactly how to identify what's a Tiffany lamp, and what is NOT a Tiffany lamp.

Some of the main differences between Tiffany lamps and fruit lamps are:

o A single Tiffany lamp may has between 300-2000 glass pieces whereas a fruit lamp may have about 100 or so.

o Tiffany lamps are made from good quality art glass, which mean they have very deep rich colors, the glass offers a three dimensional effect... effectively making the theme on the glass shade spring to life. Whereas a fruit lamp appears flat and two dimensional. It looks dull and dingy. There's no life to  Canada Ugg Sale the fruit on these shades -- the glass used on these fruit lamps adds no beauty to the lamps at all. These fruit lamps aren't elegant like a Tiffany lamp. They're coarse and dreary.

o Tiffany lamps are very expensive... they can go from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars whereas fruit lamps are not expensive and can be bought almost anywhere.
So. Hopefully, now you won't be fooled by the cheap stained glass lamps portraying as Tiffany lamps. If there's one way you want to add a touch of beauty to your home... then you can't Ugg Australia Boots go wrong with an exquisite Tiffany lamp. It'll stand the test of time for generations to come.