fine floral, green & gold field, 9" pot and 4 cups & saucers, scarce decorator, Limoges blanks. In 1876, Philip Julius Handel first established the company in Meriden, Connecticut in 1876. They specialized in high quality reverse painted lamp shades and at the time were generally considered a moderately economical alternative to the lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany ...They also made leaded glass shades similar to Tiffany as well as vases, humidor boxes and other decorative objects.