Michelle’s Antiques Lamp Rewiring and Antique Victrola & Fan Restoration.

Our shop is located at 10 N. Macdonald Downtown Mesa AZ

Michelle’s Antiques,  is dedicated to providing our clients with quality antiques, lighting and decorative art. We carry many styles including: Spanish Revival, Mid-Century Modern, Arts & Crafts and Art Deco.

Repair and Restoration Service Available.

Along with Antique Victrola Repair , Michelle’s Antiques offers expert antique lamp lighting re-wiring and restoration, rewiring and restoration of antique fans, we can rewire most any vintage electric appliance as well.  We now offer vintage doll restringing. 

Please bring your items to the shop for a free estimate. 

Lamp and Fan Rewiring

I have long loved and appreciated Antique art glass. There are so many beautiful artistic pieces to choose from long, delicate, graceful shapes or a brilliant cranberry red or delicately intricate design. Collecting antique art glass in the 21st C. is getting more difficult but can be fun and  rewarding as well. 

The techniques and chemistry of making antique art glass had been known in Europe since the early 19th century, and the increased ability to mass produce items in the early 1900’s enabled designers such as Rene Lalique to produce millions of pieces. But, it wasn’t until many British and Bohemian glass makers emigrated in the 1850’s that America became interested in the process.

The boom in American art glass did not begin until 1883 when Joseph Locke of the New England Glass Company invented and patented a new method of shading colored glass by reheating it, known as Amberina. Amberina is a transparent glass which contains gold powder giving it an amber color, but when the glass is reheated the amber color changes to ruby red.

Locke’s method was copied by the Mt. Washington Glass Company in America later giving it the name Rose Amber of which is very difficult to distinguish from Locke’s antique art glass pieces. This new development created an increased interest among glass designers to explore and experiment with glass more as an art form and as a sculptural material.

Many new methods and techniques were created and art glass production exploded, producing beautiful new designs, colors and surfaces, appealing to new buyers and giving the collector a variety of beautiful pieces to choose from. Antique art glass includes cameo glass, Burmese, Mercury glass, Albertine, enameled glass, and Peach Blow to name a few. Many of these same techniques have continued to be used by contemporary glass makers.

Victorian Amberina New England Glass Company

 Resource Antique Central general information and history of antiques and collectibles.

1. Vintage Christmas Ornaments ~ Great Vintage one-of-a-kind holiday decorations, make an excellent gift. Whether you are looking for early 20th century blown glass ornaments, a hand-made Santa doll, bubble Christmas lights, or the perfect star for your tree, you can find it by doing a little treasure hunting this season at Michelle’s Antiques and the other Vintage Shops in Downtown Mesa.
2. Wrist and Pocket Watches ~ Men’s watches are crazy expensive at retail jewelry shops, especially pocket watches, instead get him a vintage watch this Christmas.
3. Pearls ~ A classic gift for her. Every woman needs a set of genuine pearls. They dress up anything from a T-shirt to a little black dress. Whether in classic white or a beautiful dyed colors, pearls are the way to a woman’s heart.
4. Bar ware ~ Who wouldn’t like a cut glass or silver plated ice bucket to give the holiday party a bit of style? 
5. Vintage Toys, Dolls & Books ~ Toys from Christmas past and beautiful old books make excellent gifts. When picking books  look for classics with great cover designs.
6. Vintage Fashion ~  Vintage  Beaded Hand Bags, Leather Purses make excellent gifts.. Continue reading 6 Vintage Holiday Gift Ideas →

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