Hello,
I just bought a lamp which ought to be the drop-shaped lamp Louis Poulsen designed with Holmegaard, but it is missing the trademark 'Made in Denmark' stamp on the cork in the lamp, and it wears an as-vintage-as-the-lamp-itself sticker on the glass part of the lamp which says 'Made in Sweden'.
Has anyone any idea about the authenticity of this lamp? Qualitywise it seems comparable with the lamps i know are authentic Danish made Louis Poulsen/Holmegaard glass lamps. Most of these lamps come in a glossy glass finish and with a "softly" rounded wooden cone, but i know there are authentic Holmegaard/Poulsen glass lamps with a frosted finish and a sharply cut wooden cone too (just like mine), so that shouldn't be an indicator.
thx
J.
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t's not Holmegaard. Holmegaard is the Danish glassmaker to the crown, so they wouldn't be producing stuff in Sweden, for starters. Your lamp is a different shape anyway. It's similar but it's more round.
These kind of pendant lamps with teak tops were made in all of the Scandinavian countries and were (and still are) hugely popular so you see all different shapes and sizes and colors, and some are really, really similar.
... although i noticed the genuine Holmegaard also come in slightly different shapes (since they are artisan). Also, the image you added is of a lamp photographed from a slightly upper angle, while mine is taken from a bottom angle. I think that plays a good part in the distortion or the perception of the shape also.
I know what you're talking about, but even taking that into consideration the bottom opening is about 1/2 the diameter of the Holmegaard lamp at its fullest part, whereas the other is way over half the diameter. But the Sweden sticker is the clincher.
I've seen that sticker before. I think I had something with it years ago but sold it.
For the record, I like your lamp just as much---maybe more---than the Holmegaard one.
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