Manhattan Brass Company student lamp base, decorated with applied beadwork and rope decoration, marked on socket burner Manhattan Brass Co. Pat. Dec. 2 77 – May 20 79. Height: 24 1/5". Note: Manhattan Brass and Lamp Co. was located on 1st Avenue in New York City and was out of business by 1926. Tiffany bought bases from this company,and sometimes decorated them. Provenance: estate of James R. (and Mary B.) Packard, Huntsville, Alabama. Condition: Solder repairs at center shaft and socket, electrified, dent to lower finial, scattered surface unevenness and oxidation. CONDITION: Solder repairs at center shaft and socket, electrified, dent to lower finial, scattered surface unevenness and oxidation.