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<p>[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 296751, member: 1331"]Must be a lot of bird lovers around or at least chicken breeders because there are</p><p>buckets of rooster lamps on ebid. Personally I like the fried variety which doesn't endear me to bird lovers. Bought this beast recently as a chromed rooster for a lamp base struck me as unusual. It's kinda got a Chinese stylised look about it but could come from anywhere and probably dates from mid century. Someone has put a push button switch on the base despite the top switch working. Might have had a big shade that made it difficult to use. Height 34cm to top of socket, 18cm long and 1.2Kg. The wiring is a bit dodgy so might have to fix that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone seen these chromed creations before?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers</p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]96665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Miscstuff, post: 296751, member: 1331"]Must be a lot of bird lovers around or at least chicken breeders because there are buckets of rooster lamps on ebid. Personally I like the fried variety which doesn't endear me to bird lovers. Bought this beast recently as a chromed rooster for a lamp base struck me as unusual. It's kinda got a Chinese stylised look about it but could come from anywhere and probably dates from mid century. Someone has put a push button switch on the base despite the top switch working. Might have had a big shade that made it difficult to use. Height 34cm to top of socket, 18cm long and 1.2Kg. The wiring is a bit dodgy so might have to fix that. Anyone seen these chromed creations before? Cheers Stephen [ATTACH=full]96665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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