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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 61481, member: 51"]Our historic district had a neighborhood sale, I picked these two lamps up, took a chance as they were garage sale prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>The owner said they had been in her grandmother's home, and that she believed them to be vases that her grandparents got in Turkey and turned into lamps. Matching plugs on each are bakelite, so they must have some age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea what to make of the vase part. Neither look particularly "Turkish" to me, but could be wrong, so would love to get thoughts. The abstract one really caught my eye -- the two do sort of match color wise, but I have to say the finish is very different on the one with the handles. The crackle pattern almost seems to be ...painted on (?) not shiny, more matte, but does sound like glass. The orange part is glazed. For the abstract, it is all glaze. Can post close up photos of either if needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts on this odd couple???</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]15786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15787[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15789[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 61481, member: 51"]Our historic district had a neighborhood sale, I picked these two lamps up, took a chance as they were garage sale prices. The owner said they had been in her grandmother's home, and that she believed them to be vases that her grandparents got in Turkey and turned into lamps. Matching plugs on each are bakelite, so they must have some age. I have no idea what to make of the vase part. Neither look particularly "Turkish" to me, but could be wrong, so would love to get thoughts. The abstract one really caught my eye -- the two do sort of match color wise, but I have to say the finish is very different on the one with the handles. The crackle pattern almost seems to be ...painted on (?) not shiny, more matte, but does sound like glass. The orange part is glazed. For the abstract, it is all glaze. Can post close up photos of either if needed. Thoughts on this odd couple??? [ATTACH=full]15786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15787[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]15789[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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