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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Scandinavian Glass => Topic started by: sandrajarvis on January 09, 2020, 06:37:47 PM
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Searching for information regarding this amazing Gulvvase lamp I have. Not sure if it was a prototype or one off. It doesn't look like a DIY. Has anyone come across this before? I've searched everywhere and I can't find anything regarding this in a lamp version.
Thank you!!
Sandra
**These aren't the best photos. I can take better ones if needed
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Hi and welcome! :)
Has the bottle itself been altered in any way? Is the rim intact under the disc on top of it?
Is there a hole cut into the bottom or side, to let cables through?
Or is it a load of stuff added to an intact bottle?
If it's stuff added to it, it is more likely to be a DIY job. Sometimes, people can do a very good job of DIY.
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I'll look first thing when I get home tonight and report back.
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Hello
Do you mean generally not as lamp? There I found this
http://deerbe.com/unt/83568-60er_kastrup_stehlampe_gulvase_leuchte_lampe_lamp_vintage_danish_otto_brauer.html
https://picclick.de/Holmegaard-Gul-Vase-Otto-Brauer-Michael-Bang-Kastrup-263477362168.html#&gid=1&pid=1
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Tischlampe-XXL-GUL-Lamp-Holmegaard-Denmark-Otto-Brauer-Mid-Century-/133015972590
And on Pinterest I saw your lamp in green with the same metal foot like yours,unfortunately I can‘t copy the link😢
These lamps are mor often with the opaline glass, these are later made during the time of Michael Bang for Holmegaard, the clear green and blue versions I think are the early Otto Brauer lamps
Monika
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Awesome! Thank you! Not sure why those didn’t come up 😬😬
So they are a thing. Yeah!
Thank you!
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Hi and welcome! :)
Has the bottle itself been altered in any way? Is the rim intact under the disc on top of it?
Is there a hole cut into the bottom or side, to let cables through?
Or is it a load of stuff added to an intact bottle?
If it's stuff added to it, it is more likely to be a DIY job. Sometimes, people can do a very good job of DIY.
This all looks original. It appears to have the cord going thru the lamp.
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;D
It would appear others have found the information you were after. 8)
I would have asked how well the hole in the bottom had been cut - it isn't the easiest of jobs to do well and looking at how well that was done, might have indicated whether or not it was DIY.
But, no need for that now. :) Thank-you for checking and for the extra pic showing the cable inside.
It all helps to confirm what the others have said. :)
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Wow love that lamp i gotto get myself one of those never knew they made them in lamps duh ::)
Out of interest how large is the vase and is it really stable?Please...Dan
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Hello again
Some more:
https://www.deedee914.com/products/red-holmegaard-gulvase-bottle-lamp?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=Social
https://pin.it/d7vfvsv6q3ag3m
I hope the second link works, it is absolutely your lamp even the color. This surch was in Pinterest Lamper Kastrup
Monika
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I don't think it was a lamp when it left the factory, but it could easily have been made into one professionally by a separate, third-party company. It wasn't uncommon for (often quite small) lighting, metalwork or woodwork companies to buy in glass vases (or decanters, candle shades, glass slabs, etc...) from quite good companies for other uses in the 1960s-70s. Over the years I've had a couple of Grønland vases that have been converted with lovely sculpted teak and rosewood parts - one even had the original third-party label, but that was several dead computers ago so I don't have a record of it.
That the Gulvvaser turns up with a few different fittings and mounts would indicate a number of third-party companies were doing this.
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That's really interesting information Nic, thanks.
On a slightly related note, I was given an enormous red with a white lining Arthur Percy Gullaskruf style flask (over 3 feet tall), and have recently discovered a cable hole in it, towards the base. It is properly cut - round with not much chipping around the edges.
Studying it makes me suspect it was professionally done, not a home bungle.
Do you know, or suspect if it might have been one of these companies you mention were also lamping other suitable items? ;D
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Entirely possible - I've a giant red Elme flask-type vase that's been 'lamped' professionally, with a colour-matched lacquered hardboard cap and a nice chunky teak base.
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Thanks, Nic. It's very good indeed to have your support for my suspicions.
It makes them a lot less suspicious. ;D
I don't know if my giant red flask is Elme or Gullaskruf. It has a narrow rim, not a widely flared one. I don't use it as a lamp - it's got pride of place on top of my kitchen shelves.
But I like them all. :)
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Here's mine -
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Wonderful! Mine is a different shape. The bottom has a more pointed top part, ::) and the neck narrows in the middle - it looks longer too.
Does yours have a flange or is that part of the lamping?
Is yours cased in clear? (I think I can see an outline in one pic, but I'm not sure.)
They really are stunning beasts. ;D