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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 504407, member: 8363"]I had to rescue this poor dirty, chipped and mangled thing - pictures at the bottom. I have done some research on these lamps because I wanted to be sure it started out as a lamp, which</p><p>this exemplar shows it did as it has the same lower parts of the base:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/1114/09/large-chinese-fluorite-urn-form-lamp_1_905d339ee76167c87c7dc883e5228b8c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And whether the light within the fluorite was original. Mine is missing the top piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i-h2.pinimg.com/564x/15/01/67/1501672d18e708eac34d8b3c238b6cff.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My questions for the group are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Should I dismantle the lamp and just display it as a carved piece of fluorite? I am going to have to take it apart to clean it anyway and to get rid of the copper wire holding the neck of the lamp to the fluorite.</li> <li>How should I deal with the chips? Can I smooth them out with something? [USER=1496]@Hollyblue[/USER] do you have some advice?</li> </ol><p>[ATTACH=full]164953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 504407, member: 8363"]I had to rescue this poor dirty, chipped and mangled thing - pictures at the bottom. I have done some research on these lamps because I wanted to be sure it started out as a lamp, which this exemplar shows it did as it has the same lower parts of the base: [IMG]https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/1/1114/09/large-chinese-fluorite-urn-form-lamp_1_905d339ee76167c87c7dc883e5228b8c.jpg[/IMG] And whether the light within the fluorite was original. Mine is missing the top piece. [IMG]https://i-h2.pinimg.com/564x/15/01/67/1501672d18e708eac34d8b3c238b6cff.jpg[/IMG] My questions for the group are as follows: [LIST=1] [*]Should I dismantle the lamp and just display it as a carved piece of fluorite? I am going to have to take it apart to clean it anyway and to get rid of the copper wire holding the neck of the lamp to the fluorite. [*]How should I deal with the chips? Can I smooth them out with something? [USER=1496]@Hollyblue[/USER] do you have some advice? [/LIST] [ATTACH=full]164953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]164957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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