HETTIER VINCENT & HANOTS : French art deco pendant . opalescent 1930 chandelier

 Hettier et Vincent

Verreries des Hanots

A rare French art deco pendant by Hettier & Vincent in nickel plated bronze or solid brass holding a beautiful shade  in milky blue slightly opalescent glass made by Verreries des Hanots . Des Hanots was like Verlys one of the brands of the large Holophane glass company. Hettier & Vincent was a large well known French lighting company producing high quality  items. Wholesale and retailer with its prestigeous shop at the beautiful Place de Vosges in Paris. The rare Hanots bowl in thick pressed-moulded opalescent glass in a typical art deco design that unites a geometrical pattern and nine flying birds. The slightly opalescent semi-crystal bowl is milky bluish when the light shines on it and shows beautiful tones of amber when light is shining through.  The bowl is represented in the 1935 Holophane catalog.  It is signed Hanots both to the rim as on the shade. The chandelier is in very good condition. No damages to the glass. As shown on the pictures there is a small hairline near the centre of the bowl. It's not a crack but a common moulding irregularity we can often find on thick moulded 1930 shades. Since the shade is not very transparent less light shines through and the pendant works more like an up-light chandelier.

The pendant is visible in one of the Hettier & Vincent catalog supplements (see picture). I have renickeled and patinated the mounting and it comes rewired with an American standard socket. For European countries I will place a E27 one. The pendant is 44,5 cm high (17-1/2") and the bowl has a diameter of 35 cm.

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French lamps and wiring

Art deco lamps made in France were equiped with B22 bayonet sockets. For most countries like Europe or the US such sockets are practicaly impossible to use. For instance in the States 110 volt bulbs with B22 fitters are obscure, very hard to find and only one model bulb in very limited wattages is available. In spite of what sellers of unrestored pieces of poor quality claim in their ads when they offer  lamps with bayonet caps sockets : except for the UK and Australia  French chandeliers and lamps need to be rewired for your country. In order to fit Edison large or small screw base bulbs as used in the USA, B22 sockets have to be replaced by American candelabra base or standard/medium size Edison screw-in sockets.  E14 and E27 are modern replacements for European countries.   An additional complication is that the size thread used in early French lighting to connect the sockets to the chandelier mountings or lamp bases is not compatible with the modern size threads used in the USA and Europe. New American or European sockets do not just screw on to the old lamp fixtures.  In order to make it possible to use an original old French chandelier or lamp with modern screw bulb bases, a specialized restorer will have to re-tap the threads.  All my cleaned and restored chandeliers, sconces and lamps come rewired with the correct sockets you will need to use modern bulbs in your country.

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