Remains Lighting Co. is very concerned with the correct attribution, description, and dating of the objects in our collection. We adhere to the following conventions on dating and attributing our antique fixtures:
Where an exact date is known (of installation or manufacture) we note the exact date, i.e. “1907” should be understood to mean that the object was made in 1907 or that it was installed as a new item in a building or landscape of that date.
Where an approximate date based on maker-attribution, stylistic, or technical aspects of the object is made, we list the approximate date by decade, the first year of the decade signifying any year within that decade, i.e. “1920” should be understood to mean within “The 1920s”.
“Signed by the maker…” should be understood to mean that the object bears a significant identifying mark unique to that maker such as a signature or hallmark.
“By the maker…” should be understood to mean that the object has been positively identified as being the work of a maker, either through research or having had a signed piece in our collection, however the current object is absent of a signature or hallmark.
“Attributed to the maker…” should be understood to mean that the object is, in our opinion, likely to be the work of a specific maker given the presence of identifying attributes, but that there is no definitive documentation.