LE Smith Amberina Daisy & Button plates w/ raised rings.

This is the shade that sits on top of the plate. It was originally used in the the Smith oil lamp, but was repurposed to create a candle lamp.



The shade fits at the outer ring. The inner ring holds the candle / votive holder / tealight in place, just as Peggy is showing in her mockup photos.

IMHO, this was just an easy way for Smith to introduce a "new" item to the product line using existing molds (with only minimal modification). Tiara did a similar thing with the molds from their fairy lamp shade and ashtray, to create a table-top candle lamp:



Same concept when Taco Bell introduces a "new" taco, but it's really just a regular hard-shelled taco wrapped in a tortilla, glued together with nacho cheese. It's all just crap they already have lying around the kitchen. Voila!

And, sorry Peggy - Once you described the lamp shown in the book, I remembered that I've seen a couple of them in various antique and resale stores over the years. I even remembered thinking that the base was just a lunch plate, with the rings added. Oh well.

 

Hurricane lamp is what Felt & S say Smith called it. Also think "fairy light".You do need the original shade for it to look ok.

 

Thanks for helping me out with the description Chuck!!

I have been preoccupied with other things in the past few days & obviously I wasn't making sense.

Hurricane lamp is what Felt & S say Smith called it. Also think "fairy light".You do need the original shade for it to look ok.

I agree that it doesn't look quite right with the clear shades, but than again the whole set up was kind of dorky from the very beginning.

 

Here is the entry in the Felt & Stoer candlestick book.