Help wit id of Pottery lamp.

Hi all.

Am wondering can anyone help me id this lamp.

The only marking i can see is on the lower rim and its the letters R D followed by numbers 301070 i think.

It measures 21 inches to top of shade.

Thanks for any help

 

That’s a British registry number for 1935 into 1936, and I’m trying to remember who did pots with those applied leaves.

 

That's quite modern-looking for the 30s.

 

Agree. Of course, the shade isn't original.

Debora

 

Some of our thirties stuff looks very contemporary.

See also Christopher Dresser.

 

Which chart did you use?

 

I would think it 1970s. And that red switch doesn't look right for 1930s.

Debora

 

The plainer version of your lamp is offered with a clearer RD# which agrees with what you read. No maker noted but they believe it's plaster.

(When I try researching the RD# I keep getting things from the 19th C so I'm doing something wrong I think.)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26699912...55-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050

 

Heres close up of detail and switch on my one.

 

Yep to plaster. Yep to 1970s.

Debora

 

So, the earlier mold was used for a 1970s plaster repro?

 

I take it back, it’s the late nineteenth number, which is really weird.

I’d not take much notice of the fittings, those get changed. The one which sis found has a brand new lamp holder.

what colours are the wires, can you see? It’s two core, yes?

 

Here is picture of wires yea they two core..or is it inside the plug you want to see?

Yea the one that sis found does look to have new lamp holder and wires but also the lamp itself looks to have very little age to it compared to my example from what im seeing?

 

Here is wires inside plug.

 

Is one side of the cable ribbed?

your lamp holder is fifties or sixties.

 

Here is picture of both sides of cable.can you see from this?

 

Sixties plug, no insulation on the pins and it’s made in England too. The fittings are basically all sixties.

 

Thank you Ownedbybear so much for the info.

I wonder are the fittings original to the lamp do you think ?
Thanks again

 

Hm. I’m leaning towards them not being original, it would have had Bakelite ones at least.
I need to dig around my head a bit more. The closest to this is Shaw and Copestake, who made embellished pots like this.

we need someone who can look up that registry number.

 

When I tried this is what I got which is why it seemed wrong unless they adapted a pattern from an old fabric design or something.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=301070

With these the two Rd references which I believe are fabric designs
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13077143

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12517895