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lamps

Lucite Swag

I dont know the maker but I found this today at an antique show in Atlantic City. I'm pretty sure these were made in the 60s and into the 70s and I have seen these before in wood, red luc

oelectricmayhemo

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Puerto Rican Pottery Lamp
mpratt
trittium
BTmodern
Modernist Rooster Lamps
studiosmith
trittium
Salem North Star Lamp
oelectricmayhemo
Deco lamp
mpratt
Starburst Swag Lamp
oelectricmayhemo
Abingdon Twist Lamp
atomicscott
black cube floor lamp George Kovacs  designed by Robert Sonneman
ThriftyMlle
Matted
I got this at a thrift store for a steal.
BenandBella

Mid Century Lamp

Mid Century Teak Lamp
Mid Century Teak Lamp

I came across this beauty today in a local antique mall and I had to have it (especially for only $20 including the shade). The shade is just as cool.

hyalyn

hyalyn basketry lamp base
hyalyn lamp base

This lamp base is marked M-332 on the bottom and is decorated in the style of hyalyn's Basketry line.  The significance of the "M" is unknown-- possibly "Medium"?  

Italian Lamp...Bitossi ??

Recent estate sale find, this impossing lamp is 24" tall to the top of its multi tone blue pottery base. Mare only "Italy" I think it's Bitossi.

Alvino Bagni Glazed Lamp in Shades of Violet

Italian Glazed Lamp in Shades of Violet

My latest favorite lamp. I believe it to be the work of Alvino Bagni. The piece is unmarked.

Martz lamp

Small Marshall Studios/ Martz lamp

Another great find from Goodwill- a Small Martz lamp from Marshall Studios in Indiana.

Martz

Martz

Marshall Studios.  lamp with shade

Puerto Rican Pottery

Puerto Rican Pottery Lamp
Puerto Rican Pottery Lamp

Apparently less than ten of these lamps are known to collectors of Puerto Rican Pottery and this may be the first found in this particular shape. 13.5" tall.