Description
A lovely brass item: three tiered ornate end table or jardiniere (plant stand). The cast brass filigree work on tiers and legs makes this quite the showpiece. Has been referrred to as an Austrian table. The stand comes apart by unscrewing the fancy knobs makes it easy for shipping or moving. This item has patina!
The following manufacturers mark is clear: ©L&L WMC and the number 8696 also, there is also a series of circles stamped in circular pattern - it looks like round leafed daisy
Re: Austrian? 3 tiered brass table or plant stand
L&LWMC was a metal casting company out of NJ, that mostly did lamps. They closed shop somewhere before 1980, and opened somewhere about 1937. ( Loevsky&Loevsky White Metal castings), Carlstadt, NJ.. I personally, think their stuff goes cheap, and they dont bring high prices. I've literally paid less then scrap value for some metal lamps. IN the late 60's, and 70's the company appears to have always included the copyright date, thus, this might be from the early 60's. (They filed a copyright infringement on a 1964 desgin against Cornell Metals, and thus, you'll notice a "copyright and a date" in the late 60's, 70's.). "The Brothers Lov vsky", had an interesting pension plan, that was deamed "discriminatory", since it included only salaried workers, and not union workers.
Thus, they and their wives had pensions, however, they were also the stock holders, holding 50% of the stock each. They make several court appearences over the years....copyright...tax-pension plan...etc. These plans defined the term "top-heavy". (George and Louis Loevsky each owned 50% of the stock in the L & L White Metal Casting Corporation, a Subchapter S corporation). Metal-workers are not necessarily business savy, and this bondogle of a mistake, was the death of this company. Not getting the pension correct, also affected their tax liabliltiy, and ended the company.
George Loevsky, Ruth Loevsky, Louis Loevsky and Faye Loevsky lost their appeal in 1973, and closed up shop soon after. Some web references are getting confused, George and Ruth filed joint taxes, and Louis and Faye filed joint taxes, George and Louis were the owners. However, because George and Ruth appear in tax court references and got sued first, they are often assumed to be the owners. This is slightly off logic.
One of the more interesting assides, was that the workers were union, and traded pension for other things, thus, the legal problem which ended the company was actually negiotated and requested for by the union.
The company produced metal parts for lamps, furnature, and even unfinished for customers, thus, it would not be unusual to find their copyright on one piece of a lamp, that the company itself did not design. Court documents detail their business.