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By Soholm Pottery
Located in Long Island City, NY
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Fulper Ceramic Lamp
By Fulper Pottery
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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Søholm Stentøj, Maria Phillip, Ceramic Table Lamp, Denmark, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery
Located in Akashi -Shi, Hyogo
A stoneware table lamp handmade by Maria Phillipi for Danish Søholm located on the island of
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Art Nouveau Ceramic Table Lamp by Danico with Purple Flower Decor, 1920s
By Herman August Kähler, Kähler Keramik, Danico Pottery
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Tall ceramic table lamp in the Danish "Skønvirke" style from the 1920s. It's from from the ceramic
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
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H 25.2 in Dm 14.18 in
Einar Johansen for Søholm Blue, Violet, White Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery, Einar Johansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish Mid-Century Modern table lamp by designer Einar Johansen for Soholm Pottery. Raw light brown
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Pair of Purple Drip Modern Ceramic Lamps New Shades
By Tony Evans, Jaru
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of beautiful modern ceramic lamps from a Palm Springs estate. The lamps have ceramic black
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Einar Johansen Hand-Sculpted Deep Blue Waves Stoneware Lamp, 1960s
By Soholm Pottery, Einar Johansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Einar Johansen for Danish Soholm Pottery. Cool dark blue with a purple tint and chestnut glazed body
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery
Danish Modern Crackle Glaze White, Purple Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
By Holstein Keramik
Located in Copenhagen, DK
with dripping dark purple glaze around the neck and down the belly of the lamp. Manufactured by Danish
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware, Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Stoneware table Lamp by Einar Johansen for Søholm
By Soholm Pottery, Einar Johansen
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of White Mid-Century Modern Ceramic table Lamps Model 941 by Soholm
Table lamp made of
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Petite Blue and Purple Glazed Jugend, Gourd Table Lamp, Europe, 1910s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
As the hammered pewter top piece says this light was given as a present in 1924 og the Danish Island of Endelave. It is probably of French origin and designed in the 1910s by an anon...
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Vintage 1910s European Jugendstil Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
A Large Pair of Aubergine Purple Flambe Lamps, the vases by Rupert Spira
By Rupert Spira
Located in London, GB
converted as lamps with giltwood bases.
Rupert Spira was born in London in 1960. He earned his degree at
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21st Century and Contemporary English Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Giltwood
Earthcolored Running Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Handmade midcentury modern ceramic table lamp with shiny running earthcolored tone glaze in sand
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Ceramic Lamp by Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios
By Marshall Studios
Located in Round Rock, TX
Pottery table lamp designed by award winning husband and wife duo Jane and Gordon Martz for
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
DeSimone Blue Ceramic Table Lamp With Horse, Girl & Flower, 1960s
By DeSimone
Located in Bainbridge, NY
DeSimone hand painted Blue, Red and Purple Glazed Art Pottery Table Lamp. Featuring a wide
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Red Vase Made into Lamp, c. 19th century
Located in Southampton, NY
often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used to decorate pottery, particularly porcelain. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Table Lamps with Chinese Ceramic Flambe Glazed Foo Dogs or Lions
Located in Richmond, London
Fabulous pair of table lamps featuring wonderfully decorative ceramic figures of foo dogs, or
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20th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
H 25.99 in W 6.3 in D 5.52 in
Louis XVI Style Bronze Bouillotte Lamp with a Sang De Boeuf Vase, France
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This spectacular bouillotte lamp is in the Louis XVI style. The bronze doré base is comprised of
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
The purple Mediterranean kissed the land.
All still, all peaceful; when a convent chime
Broke on the
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Pottery
H 18.12 in Dm 11.03 in
Amphora Table by Danny Kaplan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Materials
Ceramic
Accolay Potbellied Vase with 2 Handles, 1950s
By André Baud
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French midcentury vase by Accolay, France, 1950s. Green and brown to purple vase. The brown color
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Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
SCHEURICH RED 70s FAT LAVA FLOOR VASE West Germany 1970s marked 284-47
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Kumhausen, DE
or lamp bases.
The most successful vase models come in dozens of glaze versions (decors), for
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Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
ACCOLAY Planter Vase, 1950s
By André Baud
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
purple. Anthracite speckled. Height : 16cm (6.3"), Diameter : 20cm (7.9"). Marked "Accolay" under the
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
ACCOLAY Vase, 1950s
By André Baud
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
purple. Anthracite speckled.. Height : 20cm (7.9"), Diameter : 18cm (7.1").
After the war “ceramic
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
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Purple Pottery Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic purple pottery lamp available at 1stDibs. A purple pottery lamp — often made from ceramic, pottery and stoneware — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a purple pottery lamp — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A purple pottery lamp made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Scandinavian Modern — is very popular. Soholm Pottery, Einar Johansen and Design Technics each produced at least one beautiful purple pottery lamp that is worth considering.
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The average selling price for a purple pottery lamp at 1stDibs is $1,448, while they’re typically $575 on the low end and $2,000 for the highest priced.
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Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
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Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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