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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: rocco on June 26, 2011, 03:43:27 PM
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Found this lamp today on my fleamarket tour; as I discovered an engraved "TW" at the bottom and it cost 2,- Euro I bought it.
Looking in my Iittala book I found out that this design was originally a bottle (PN 2507), produced 1959-1966.
Do you think the brass fitting (which fits perfectly :)) is original and the lamp was distributed by Iittala? Or has somebody later converted the bottle to a lamp?
The shade that came with it looked 1960s style as well...
Thanks!
Michael
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This doesn't answer all my questions, but at least it is quite obvious now that the green one isn't a unique piece...
Michael
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The fitting on your green lamp does look purpose made from your photos....
John
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Thanks, John. I would think the same...
The fittings are identical on both lamps btw -- the reflection of the red shade makes it look different.
So I guess some Austrian retailer in the 1960s converted these into lamps? (Considering that they only seem to pop up here)
Michael
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That does seem like a reasonable working assumption Michael, especially if they are not found elsewhere.
John