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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 143355, member: 44"]Yes, a miniature lamp. The screw on collar is a dead give-away that it isn't old but could date to the 1920s-1930s. Among my miniature lamp collection, I have an identical one but with the number 1 in the hexagon on the bottom. These came painted and clear. Many of these were made during WWII for home use during blackouts. There are many many many types of swirl miniature lamps. According to Smith's <i>Miniature Lamps</i>, 1st ed, 1968, many miniature swirl lamps were "filled with perfume oil and sold in the 1920s and 1930s, if not later." This lamp probably originally had a matching swirl globe/ball shade.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, these swirl lamps were manufactured in the US, Great Britain and many other countries. I'm not sure where these with the hexagon on the bottom was made, but suspect the US???</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38149[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 143355, member: 44"]Yes, a miniature lamp. The screw on collar is a dead give-away that it isn't old but could date to the 1920s-1930s. Among my miniature lamp collection, I have an identical one but with the number 1 in the hexagon on the bottom. These came painted and clear. Many of these were made during WWII for home use during blackouts. There are many many many types of swirl miniature lamps. According to Smith's [I]Miniature Lamps[/I], 1st ed, 1968, many miniature swirl lamps were "filled with perfume oil and sold in the 1920s and 1930s, if not later." This lamp probably originally had a matching swirl globe/ball shade. BTW, these swirl lamps were manufactured in the US, Great Britain and many other countries. I'm not sure where these with the hexagon on the bottom was made, but suspect the US??? --- Susan [ATTACH=full]38149[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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