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In the ongoing search for high quality desks, chairs, and other furnishings that fill the typical home, lighting is not normally among the higher priority choices.

However, for the collector of antique, small accent lamps, there are four well-known makers and designers of antique models. These are Tiffany Glass or Tiffany Studios, Murano Glass, Waterford Crystal and Capo di Monte porcelain.

While there are plenty of other well-known lamp manufacturers, these brands and styles hold their value and are some of the better-known names. To learn more about each one, keep reading.

Table Lamps by Tiffany

The first Tiffany lamp sold by Tiffany Studios was in 1899. It was designed by the firm’s founder, Louis Comfort Tiffany. And though Tiffany Studios only remained in business and producing lamps until 1938, their original lamps will sometimes sell for a small fortune. For example, an early Tiffany lamp built by Tiffany himself recently auctioned for just over $8 million. Today, the lamps are copied en masse.

Most original Tiffany lamps can be grouped into one of seven categories. These categories are called Geometric, Irregular Upper, Lower Border, Transition to Flowers, Favrile and Geometric. The Transition to Flowers category can be further broken down into Flowered Cone shaped lamps and Flowered Globe shape lamps.

Murano Accent Lamps

Murano glass has been manufactured on the Venetian island of Murano for centuries and is famous all over the world for its beauty and craftsmanship. The glass makers and artisans typically make jewelry, art glass and decorative glass pieces, but they also made lamps.

Pricing for accent lamps made from Murano glass can have a huge range with much of it depending on who was the final producer of the lamp, where it was put together, the grade of glass and whether it can be verified that it was made in Murano. That said, an authentic Murano table lamp that was fully manufactured in Murano can go for higher than $9500 for a pair.

Capo di Monte Accent Lamps

Capo di Monte porcelain was first produced from 1743 to 1759 in Naples, Italy. After a brief hiatus, the factory reopened in Madrid, Spain and ran from 1771 to 1834. Today, the molds and the brand’s trademark (An N with a crown) has been acquired by the Doccia factory.

While the Capo di Monte porcelain typically made bowls, figurines and pottery, they also produced small accent lamps. An original Capo di Monte accent lamp can range in price from $100 to about $1000 depending on its condition, quality of trademark and verifiability of authenticity.

Accent Lamps by Waterford Crystal

Waterford Crystal, one of the world’s most famous crystal manufacturers, is based in Ireland and continues to make lamps today. Their trademark crystal lamps typically cost between two hundred and six hundred dollars for new, small accent lamps. That said, antique Waterford lamps have sold at auction for well over $500,000.