This timeline will give you the basic need to know facts that might help you date your lamp, vase, or other Handel product. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need more exact dating help.
1885 – The Handel Company forms as a partnership between Philip J Handel and Adolph Eydam
1890 – Handel opens a retail showroom in New York City
1893 – Philip Handel buys out Eydam’s share of the company, and beings operations as “Philip J Handel”
1898 – Name of the company is changed to “Handel & Company”
1902 – Privately owned foundry opens to produce Handel bases
1903 – The name is finally changed to “The Handel Company”
1904 – First Handel leaded lamps are produced
1906 – Teroma art glass line is introduced
1906 – Teroca metal overlay lamps are first produced
1906 – Line of metal products is launched
1910 – Pat # 979,664 first applied to lamps shades
1914 – Philip J Handel dies; his wife Fannie takes over operations
1919 – Philip’s cousin, William H Handel, takes over the company when Fannie steps down
1919 – Joseph Palme joins Handel staff
1925 – New York showroom closes
1936 – The Handel Company closes
1941 – The Handel Company officially dissolves
