Topic: Amethyst purple glass acorn shaped light shade

[josordoni]

Any ideas on this amethyst light shade?  It's very beautiful, the bottom edge is roughly finished as seems to be the norm for light fittings. 

I am assuming about 1930?  English?

Acorn lamp: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5359

lamp rim: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-5358

[josordoni]

Ok, so I am blind as well as daft.

The rim is smoothly ground flat. 

It is about 7 ins tall.

[Cathy B]

Hi Lynne,
Did you ever find out anything about this?

[josordoni]

Hi Cathy,

No, nothing at all... I have kept my eyes out and I've never seen anything even similar.

Popped it on ebay, no interest, no matter how cheap.  Took it to the bootfair, nobody even picked it up.

So it is a no-hoper I think!   

[Cathy B]

  It would make an interesting hat former...

[josordoni]

Or you could make a bowl on it, you remember at school, using the coiled snakey bits of clay??

[Cathy B]

  Or wrap a bit of leather thonging around it and use it as a neck glass (beats those Holmegaard ones for size, anyway).

Whatever, it would cast pretty gloomy light, wouldn't it. I bet Lesley Pike could improve it though.

[Anne]

I rather like it, but can't think of a lamp/light fitting it would do for, otherwise I'd make you an offer for it!  :angel:

[josordoni]

Gloomy is right Cathy, I just can't see why anyone would want that dark a light!

But I can't see that it would have been used for anything else...

And I love your idea of letting Lesley loose on it.... perhaps Adam A could line it with white glass, and she could cut me a special cameo!!

Do you think the two of them would accept green shield stamps for the work?? 

[Sue C]

OMG Lynne, your going back a bit i'd forgotten all about green shield stamps, hmm it's coffee time me thinks.