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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 257028, member: 85"]Personally, I think this is a 1960ish electric lamp made to look like an oil lamp. Probably been rewired with that electric cord (as that looks like current wiring).</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm basing this on a couple of things. 1. The blue font does not appear to have been drilled for the cord. The edge of the hole looks molded. 2. The collar is wrong for an old lamp. The electric element would have screwed down into the collar for a conversion. Still available today if you want to turn oil lamps into electric.</p><p><br /></p><p>The top of an oil font would be ground. This looks molded to fit the collar</p><p>[ATTACH=full]79960[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Still a nice looking lamp.</p><p>Can't tell if the shade is new or an old one that was used to replace the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also BK would be the metal fabricator and not the lamp maker. Who ever made the lamp and sold it under their name, bought the parts from various companies and assembled it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Adding:</p><p>I could very well be wrong. Wait for other opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 257028, member: 85"]Personally, I think this is a 1960ish electric lamp made to look like an oil lamp. Probably been rewired with that electric cord (as that looks like current wiring). I'm basing this on a couple of things. 1. The blue font does not appear to have been drilled for the cord. The edge of the hole looks molded. 2. The collar is wrong for an old lamp. The electric element would have screwed down into the collar for a conversion. Still available today if you want to turn oil lamps into electric. The top of an oil font would be ground. This looks molded to fit the collar [ATTACH=full]79960[/ATTACH] Still a nice looking lamp. Can't tell if the shade is new or an old one that was used to replace the original. Also BK would be the metal fabricator and not the lamp maker. Who ever made the lamp and sold it under their name, bought the parts from various companies and assembled it. Adding: I could very well be wrong. Wait for other opinions.[/QUOTE]
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