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Yard Sale Lamp....painted...spruced up....my alltime favorite find!
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Pat aka Queen of Thrift
(IC: homeowner)
It looked like a piece of junk, but I saw the possibilities. It is sentimental to me because the young man that I purchased it from was emotionally attached....said it was his grandmothers. I tried to talk him out of selling it, but he insisted that I take it for $2. I was emotionally attached before I got home with it. I wish I had a before photo, but this was long before I ever imagined that someday I would share it!
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Published November 13th, 2012 11:46 AM
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Em Hooper on Aug 21, 2013Pat......I've not seen a bulb shaped like yours either. The ones I've had look like jumbo-sized regular light bulbs. They used to be available in hardware stores. If anyone finds a stash in an old store or basement or yard sale, i'd buy some. The support system for the shade would be a white glass bowl-like shade. The shade's small open base sits inside the metal rim (?) around the center bulb.(Yours looks like it has a screw hole in it, but the metal ring/rim around the base of the bulb looks a bit different than mine). The shade rests on the top rim of the 'bowl.' If I had a blog, I'd post a photo of mine. Sorry I'm no blogger and no idea how to post photo on this site. There should be three holes in your metal rim for the three screws that hold the glass shade in place. (Wish i knew the name for this but no time today to look it up). Hope this makes sense. You might look in 'antique' stores for other lamps to see what I'm describing. On the other hand, the lamp looks as if it works for you without the center bulb. Without seeing the rest of the lamp, I can't even guess at its origin. Might not be USA........ Em
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