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1970's Cased Glass Lamp... Italian/Scandi/Other?

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Pinkspoons:
This fun little lamp arrived in the post today. I thought it would be Italian, but now I have it I'm not so sure...

My past experience of Italian cased glass is that it has just two layers of glass; white opaque then transparent coloured. This lamp has three layers; opaque, coloured, and then clear - which I would usually associate with Scandinavian glass. Also the orange colour is even across the whole piece and with the Italian cased glass I've owned there are usually darker striations dotted about.

The top part of the lamp looks lighter in the first photograph because the glass is thinner and the light source is from behind... but it is all the same shade of orange.

Any ideas anyone?  :)

paradisetrader:
Interesting 'spoons !
It must be quite difficult to spot the clear layer ?......

You have prompted me to examine mine and from the base rim it also appears to be 3 layers !  8)


3 layer would indicate better quality, ditto eveness of color which does seem to be a Scandi trait but that's all I can say.

Don't discount the Italians too quickly - there are all grades of quality from Italy.

I would dearly love to pin down where my 3 KG (without fittings) monster cam from.  I fell so much in love with it that I actually went to Holland to pick it up !! (OK along with some other stuff ....aaaaah those were the days .....)

Is yours heavy too ?
Does the bulb go in from the bottom or the top on yours ?

Pinkspoons:
Mine's not too heavy - just a touch over 1.2kg.

The bulb goes in the top - and it's a right pain, I can tell you. And I've got tiny hands. Lord knows how people with normal hands are supposed to manage it!  :)

I can see why you fell in love with yours, though - that colour is gorgeous!

Oh, and the clear layer is quite abvious on mine as the glass on the base of it is reasonably thick.

Pinkspoons:
Odd, I've just noticed that there are two coloured layers in there...  :?

And I stand corrected with my experience of Italian glass - I just took a closer look at another cased lamp I have (labelled Made In Italy) and this has a (very thin) clear layer also.

paradisetrader:
Yours would appear to be orange (on the inside ?? !!! ) then white then clear.....but logically ...... :roll: ????

Ivo
Any thoughts on these ? (please !)
Colours give any clues ?

Frank
If you find any lighting catalogues for this style & era please let me know !

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