Featured Victorian milk glass oil lamp question

hi all, bought this today, in surprisingly good nick, with no chips or anything on the glass

my question is regarding the shade that came with it. its not very nice, do you think its original to the lamp ?

think i did ok for £10 !

cheers

 

ohhh, no terrible.....I wouldn't have paid more than 9 !!!!
BawHaahaha!!!!

The blue base alone is wonderful.....& the rest.....lovely !!!!!

hard to tell about the shade...but it doesn't hurt the piece..!!
How's the fit ?

 

yeah, its a terrible fit, i nearly didnt bother bringing it home with me, but i thought it was best to check

 

I've heard about the lamps along the embankment along the Thames, in London, with dolphin bases....

 

hi inh
thank you very much

and theres me thinking they were dragons !!!

 

Doesnt that registration mark make it English?

 

Yes.

 

Looks like a British registry mark to me

Sniped by Cherryhill!

 

they remind me of that big dog thing from the neverending story

 

The Luck Dragon I can see that. It's a beautiful piece!

 

here's an old auction on the shade:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vianne-E...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

cheers, for the info tallcakes, the seller mentions the shades being from the 60s or 70s

i had a feeling the shade was newer

 

Yep:

https://www.kovels.com/identification-help/english-registry-marks.html

 

Here's a couple Boston Sandwich bases which are similar (neither one the same)

Dolphins:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-BO...HIN-OLD-OIL-KEROSENE-LAMP-GWTW-/221369377453?

Column:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1850-...LASS-BASE-for-OIL-Kerosene-LAMP/132646754584?

 

i prefer the first auction page for some reason !!, yes its definetly like that one

 

What a gorgeous lamp ! The Never Ending Story is one of my favorite movies ever,so the reference made me smile.

 

Although people call this blue milk glass, I believe it is actually Blue Opaque Glass.

 

Gorgeous lamp, Charlie. I'll take the dolphin base, reminds me of my walks along the Thames in London.
London dolphin lamppost:


A row of dolphin lamps. Like in the Fairground Attraction song, '...the lights on the Embankment like jewels on chains':


Sorry, I'm off again. Me and rivers, bridges, .....
A bit on the London dolphin lamp standards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_lamp_standard