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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 42509, member: 51"]Not exactly furniture ..furnishings?</p><p><br /></p><p>Chalkware lamp, $2.99. Needs some restoration, but figured the textured lucite pull cord was worth at least $3. The lamp design is pretty cool, a woman's face at the top. I wish it was in better shape. Someone seems to even have scratched an initial "K" into the body. Not really scuffed plaster (except one spot) just paint has sort of fallen off in chips. Might be a lost cause unless I could just spray paint the whole thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>No signature whatsoever, has anyone seen similar? In general I stay away from these chalkware lamps because they are so fragile, but this had a design I hadn't seen. I also wondered if the light socket was original, it seems that the long lucite pull would just rub paint off the hair section in no time at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for taking a look.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 42509, member: 51"]Not exactly furniture ..furnishings? Chalkware lamp, $2.99. Needs some restoration, but figured the textured lucite pull cord was worth at least $3. The lamp design is pretty cool, a woman's face at the top. I wish it was in better shape. Someone seems to even have scratched an initial "K" into the body. Not really scuffed plaster (except one spot) just paint has sort of fallen off in chips. Might be a lost cause unless I could just spray paint the whole thing. No signature whatsoever, has anyone seen similar? In general I stay away from these chalkware lamps because they are so fragile, but this had a design I hadn't seen. I also wondered if the light socket was original, it seems that the long lucite pull would just rub paint off the hair section in no time at all. Thanks for taking a look. [ATTACH=full]10642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]10643[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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