Lamp From the Past

When I was growing up there use

to be two of these lamps in our home.

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Now mind you, I really did not think they were

all that pretty as I growing up. But as a young

girl I used the prism's like earrings.

No, I did not put them through my

actual pierced holes but I did hang

them from the inside of my ears.

Boy, I really thought I was cool!

Also, when I was a young girl, a teen or

even in my 20's and 30's I never thought

I would like antiques or old things.

As I aged, my taste did also.

I love the older stuff now.

That includes the lamps.

Actually I would say I was down to

only one since the shade of one got

cracked.

This shade is a paper like type shade.

Hard to replace...but even

harder now that you can't find the ones

that fit over the bulb since all our

bulbs are changing.

I have this one sitting in my living room by

the TV., mom gave both lamps

to me when I asked whatever happened

to them.

Mom bought these years ago before

I was born, 53 years ago. She got

them at an antique store in Elgin, Illinois.

Whoops...I think I need to dust

the rim of this baby! Play like

you did not see that.

It's the prisms I want you to see..

Aren't they pretty?

Make great earrings, don't you think?

Yes, I noticed one is broken but never fear

mom also gave me a box of those that

she picked up at a yard sale for a little of

nothing.

These lamps are part of the things my

mom and dad started house with, I

will cherish them.

Thanks for stopping in,

Pam