(A) And why not start with a "corker?" This incredibly elaborate nickel-plated cast bronze French chandelier hosts three signed Quezal art glass shades...along with its vicious entourage of dragons. $3400. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(B) A veritable symphony of whiplash and bronze (kinky enough for you?). This Art Nouveau chandelier wrote the book and broke the mold. Enough cliches, I should say; it measures about 30 across and 35 long, large enough to add clout to any interior. $4800. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(C) And speaking of Daum... here's a positively MAGNIFICENT unsigned Daum bowl with its original bronze mounts (can you stand the beauty of the leaves, not to mention the canopy and chain?), hanging about 26 long. This hand-blown bowl has that smooth, satiny feel that sends me into paroxysms of delight (yes, I can still do that). The rich, vibrant colors ooze antiquity, and appropriately so, as I'm sure this piece is over a hundred years old. This is one-in-a-thousand-purchases, even for that "mad buyer," our Jacques. $5900. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(D) An unsigned Schneider glass chandelier with a most intriguing color... each arm sports a little mythical creature at its end...with a beautiful original patina, a gilt finish. $3400. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(E) This signed Muller bowl has gorgeous deep sunset colors of yellow, orange, blue and various inbetween colors. It measures 33 long, 16 wide (it's unusually large in diameter). TANT PIS for the rest of you, Michele's enjoying this marvel from Muller! SOLD!!

(F) Here's a very early Art Nouveau chandelier (it's certainly over a hundred years old, which makes it A REAL ANTIQUE!!!) from La Belle France, with very early unsigned Daum "tulipes," or shades as we uncouth Americans call them. $2800. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation) See other views of this Art Nouveau chandelier...

(G) An Art Nouveau French chandelier of significant grace and presence, to say the least! The intricately detailed metal is gilt-bronze (in this photo it hasn't been cleaned up), the shades frosted and cut crystal by Val St. Lambert or Baccarat, or a French glass company of similar stature. It measures 33 long, 24 wide. $4200. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(H) Staying with that "over the top" theme: Presenting an opulent French "Louis-Louis" extravaganza, gilt-bronze, with the finest glass shades of their type I've ever seen. That "canopy" is a virtual thicket of leaves, branches and acorns! The fixture hangs 40 inches long and is about 27 in diameter. $4700. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(I) A splendid Victorian lighting fixture, French, nickled bronze or brass, hanging 28 long and about 34 across, with winged dragons. A "mixed marriage" with American Quezal shades...(mais, pourquoi pas?) Ah, but zees beauty, she eees loving her new home with David and Mary!! SOLD!!!

(J) This Art Nouveau ceiling fixture is of cast bronze and accordingly heavy. The quality? On a par with Majorelle, I don't mind saying! It's a four-light and diminuitive, hanging about 16 inches long and being about 12 1/2 inches across. As the accompanying photo below shows, the theme is mistletoe, and what better to convey the concept than little opalescent glass "berries?" Some have fallen or been knocked off, but I think I know where I can have some made. That's just part of the restoration journey that lies ahead, but certainly worth it in the instance of this rare piece of art. $3400 as it is... (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

(K) Deeply saturated colors, no doubt inspired by a winter sunset (who's up early enough to catch the sunrise but the farmers?), grace this bowl and three shades. The wrought iron's "nothing special," but it's well done and spare, giving emphasis where it belongs, to the glass! It hangs about 38 inches long. The bowl's signed L'Elf, the shades Noverdy. $1900. (e-mail Jack to start the conversation)

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