Closissone vase should it have stayed a lamp?

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  1. jakes vintage

    jakes vintage Well-Known Member

    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] I've seen one other that was a lamp with the same hardware and expected to find marks on the bottom of this one i had gotten it apart but after seeing that there wasn't got to thinking maybe it was always meant to be a lamp?
     
  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    That's fairly old hardware; it may always have been a lamp.
     
  3. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    I'm guessing the vase was imported as a vase and lampified in the US. The sort of cheap lamp conversion helps date it and ensures everyone it is at least vintage, not new, so don't scrap the lamp parts even if you take them off. The vase looks like decent quality cloisonné. I don't know much about the stuff, wait for others.
     
  4. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I think it is worth more as a lamp than as a vase. I would put it back together again. That is my own opinion.
    greg
     
  5. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    If I was listing this, I might include both lamp and vase in the title and show photos of it with and without the fittings. I would say in the description that it would be shipped disassembled because there would be shipping savings in using a smaller box, but the metal fittings and cord would be included, wrapped separately.
     
  6. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Here is one that did not stay a lamp, it has a hole in the bottom and the rim has suffered round the neck. I just like the style though so will probably keep it for its decorative value.

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  7. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    That's nice. It looks Japanese to me.
     
  8. jakes vintage

    jakes vintage Well-Known Member

    Thanks everyone for your input i really appreciate it ! What could be an estimated date on this based on the hardware?
     
  9. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Most of the lamps that had the same fittings as yours were from 1915 to 1930. I had 1 from 1912 and 2 or 3 from 1930s.
    greg
     
  10. jakes vintage

    jakes vintage Well-Known Member

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