The affluent, however, bought lamps by Tiffany, Handel or Pairpoint. The Pairpoint Manufacturing Co., only made silver items from 1880 to 1894, then added glass products. From […] ...

For Pairpoint lamps, that translates to "Pairpoint Lamp Catalog," a two-volume set of hardbound catalog reprints from Schiffer Books. At $95 each, they're not cheap, but they are the best.

“Pairpoint Lamps,” by Edward and Sheila Malakoff, is $97 postpaid from Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1469 Morstein Road, West Chester, Pa. 19380; (215) 696-1001.