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Q This lovely Pairp which belonged to mother, is now in m It’s about 36 centim inches) and the sha 27 cm across (10.5 might have been p Quebec City where marked “Pairpoint “Made in the USA base.

Marg, Ottawa

A This is a wond size Pairpoint “Puffy,” made around 1910 by the Pairpoint Glass Company of New Bedford, Mass. Pairpoint lamps are synonymous with quality and beauty. The moulded, and more desirable “closed-top” Rose Bonnet shade has a frosted exterior and reverse-painted interior. Pairpoints are all marked with the company name on the base, including their signature stamp,

Q We bought this mahogany gateleg table in the late 1980s for about $300 from a small antique shop in southwestern Ontario. When closed, the top is a mere 10 cm wide (four inches.) With the legs swung out and the table fully open, the top is 97 cm wide (38 inches.) Folded and placed against a wall, the slender top provides an attractive place to set candles.

Allen, Kitchener

A These are fabulously functional old tables and they’re sleepers these days. Condo buyers which is the letter “P” inside a diamond. Pairpoint lamps were made between 1907 and 1929. The most expensive cost $125 new — which was a fortune considering Canadian factory workers in 1915 were earning an average of $12 a week. Today, your grandmother’s gorgeous lamp is worth $5,500. will appreciate their convenient space-saving function. This particular type of gateleg table is known as a Sutherland table — apparently named after Harriet, the Duchess of Sutherland, in 1833. What characterizes these Sutherland tables is the very narrow top when the leaves are down, and their trestle bases, which have two fixed legs and two leaf-supporting movable legs joined by a long stretcher. This English table is a later example, made about 1880 or 1890, and it’s worth about $450.