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Title: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: Raven31557 on September 06, 2016, 01:38:16 PM

First, the "ugly lamp".
My grandparents bought this lamp, but I don't know when.
It's gotta be pre 1960 b/c I always remember this lamp being there.
 (31557 is not my ZIP code) hahaha
 Everyone in my family hated this lamp, so I grabbed it. I think it's, ummmmm, unique.

The vases . . .
The taller one is 12" high.
The shorter broken one is 10.5" high.
Only the broken one has a marker's mark - if that's what it is.

I really wish my relatives would save the broken off piecets of stuff.

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: mart on September 06, 2016, 05:45:15 PM

Weird but I like that lamp !!  Is there no mark on the bottom ??  A foundry mark ??  Are those dolphins I see on the metal base ??
I guess the marked one is the broken one ??  Never mind the last question,, just re-read the post !!  I do not know the mark but Ipcress or Mat might !!

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: Raven31557 on September 07, 2016, 04:18:19 PM

Quote from: mart on September 06, 2016, 05:45:15 PM

Weird but I like that lamp !!  Is there no mark on the bottom ??  A foundry mark ??  Are those dolphins I see on the metal base ??

Yep, dolphins.
Nope, no marks at all.  :-\
The lamp is all painted metal.

My neighbor heard the story of the "ugly lamp" and she wanted to see it.
She liked it, too, and said, "Maybe with a new shade..."
I had to tell her, "Ummmm, I just bought that shade."

LOL!!!
To each their own.

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: mart on September 07, 2016, 05:14:26 PM

If the electric socket has not een replaced there may be a name on it that will help with the date !!  Did you look at the underneath really good and around the outside of the base ?? Might even use a magnifying glass !!

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: Raven31557 on September 07, 2016, 05:47:24 PM

Quote from: mart on September 07, 2016, 05:14:26 PM

If the electric socket has not been replaced there may be a name on it that will help with the date !!  Did you look at the underneath really good and around the outside of the base ?? Might even use a magnifying glass !!

 :o
lol

I remember covering the base with felt about 25 yrs ago.
I'll have a look at it.
I know the switch and electrical cord were replaced about 30 yrs ago when my brother was briefly in possession of it.

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: cogar on September 08, 2016, 05:45:45 AM

The decorations on your lamp base is what some refer to as “busy”. ;D ;D

Anyway, me thinks your lamp needs to be researched more simply because it doesn’t appear to me, from what I can see, to be a “cheap” import or whatever that was purchased at one of the F W  Woolworth's Five & Dime stores.

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: KC on September 08, 2016, 10:24:24 AM

I agree with cogar...not the "five and dime" variety!

Can you tell what kind of metal the lamp is made from?  Is it painted or enameled?

Title: Re: 2 vases and the "ugly lamp"
Post by: mart on September 08, 2016, 11:10:04 AM

Looks enameled to me !!