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<p>[QUOTE="SunnyBunny, post: 9743974, member: 85679"]Hello! </p><p>I found this lamp in a little "vintage shop" and would love to know more about it. It was sold with a tiny handwritten tag that said "vintage Marbro Murano glass lamp." This may or may not be true, and to be honest, the label is not very important to me; I just think it's pretty and want to see if I can rewire it to be safe and maybe even find a matching friend for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know enough about glass lamp terminology to be able to google easily, so if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very appreciative! </p><p><br /></p><p>The glass is a very pale jade green, almost seafoam in some lights and velvety like beach glass. It's kind of matte/frosted like it's been cream etched or sandblasted, and the gold stripes are raised and appear to be hand-painted. To give an idea of the texture of the stripes, I'd compare the size and shape of them to puffy paint from those little squeezy bottles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]477288[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477288[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone tell me where this lamp came from? When it was made? What terms I can use to properly describe it? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/a/N97UgPK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imgur.com/a/N97UgPK" rel="nofollow">Link to imgur post with photos </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so much![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SunnyBunny, post: 9743974, member: 85679"]Hello! I found this lamp in a little "vintage shop" and would love to know more about it. It was sold with a tiny handwritten tag that said "vintage Marbro Murano glass lamp." This may or may not be true, and to be honest, the label is not very important to me; I just think it's pretty and want to see if I can rewire it to be safe and maybe even find a matching friend for it. I don't know enough about glass lamp terminology to be able to google easily, so if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very appreciative! The glass is a very pale jade green, almost seafoam in some lights and velvety like beach glass. It's kind of matte/frosted like it's been cream etched or sandblasted, and the gold stripes are raised and appear to be hand-painted. To give an idea of the texture of the stripes, I'd compare the size and shape of them to puffy paint from those little squeezy bottles. [ATTACH=full]477288[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477288[/ATTACH] Can anyone tell me where this lamp came from? When it was made? What terms I can use to properly describe it? [URL='https://imgur.com/a/N97UgPK']Link to imgur post with photos [/URL] Thank you so much![/QUOTE]
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