Set of 2 Stone Blue Glaze Satin Small Mushroom Lamps by Nick Pourfard
Located in Geneve, CH
Designed with the intention of creating a light that is multi-directional within it’s own form and functions without additional hardware. A hand-thrown ceramic lamp that is comprised...
Ceramic
Scandinavian Modern Pair of Stoneware Table Lamps by Palshus, Denmark, 1960s
By Palshus
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
Early 1970s Per Bovin Hand Thrown Perforated Earthenware Plug-in Wall Lamp
By P. Bovin
Located in Glendale, CA
Early 1970s Per Bovin Hand Thrown Perforated Earthenware Plug-in Wall Lamp Handmade by Danish ceramic artist Per Bovin on the island of Bornholm in the 1960s.
Ceramic
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration.
Ceramic
Yellow Ceramic Lamp with Decorative Elements by Robert Maxwell and New Shade
By Robert Maxwell
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Gorgeous hand thrown ceramic lamp with a yellow glaze in from of a vase with tapering neck and flared rim.
Ceramic, Linen
Danish Modern Green Blue Glazed Stoneware Table Lamp, Palshus, Denmark, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
$2,070Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Mid-Century Table Lamps by Marianne Starck for Michael Andersen, Denmark
By Marianne Starck, Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Karis, Nyland
Model no. 6399. Each lamp is hand-thrown and glazed in earthy brown and ochre tones, featuring a subtle relief pattern that gives depth and character to the surface.
Metal
Scandinavian Modern Stoneware Table Lamp by Palshus & Le Klint, Denmark, 1950s
By Le Klint, Palshus
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
Large Dark Green Blue Glazed Stoneware Table Lamp by Palshus, Denmark, 1960s
By Palshus, Per Linnemann-Schmidt
Located in Odense, DK
Together they created simple, undecorated pottery, successfully producing hand-thrown vases, bowls, ashtrays, lamp bases, teapots and jugs in series that were distinguished by their...
Stoneware
A Mandarin Orange Glazed Table Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics, 1969
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand-thrown cylinder-form ceramic table lamp having a rich, glossy red-orange glaze and encircling deeply textured sgraffito decoration designed in 1969 by Lee Rosen for the 3300 s...
Ceramic
Hand-Thrown Wall Lamp In the Shape #Of A Flower Bucket, Italy 1980s
By Ceramiche Zaccacnini
Located in Hannover, DE
These wall lights are truly one-of-a-kind. They're made with the utmost care and skill, making them a cut above the rest. The design is so appealing, and the basket of flowers create...
Brass
Set of Hand-Thrown and Hand Painted Ceramics by Syco, Sweden, 1950s
By Syco Keramik
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of ceramic vase, bowl and lamp. All hand-thrown and hand painted at Syco, Strömstad Sweden, 1950s.
Ceramic
Ceramic Pendant Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic pendant lamp with a brown and green glaze and four staggered rows of pierced openings.
Ceramic
Ceramic Pendant Lamp by Lee Rosen for Design Technics
By Lee Rosen, Design Technics
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown ceramic pendant lamp with a brown and green glaze and four staggered rows of pierced openings.
Brass
Unavailable|$1,495
Midcentury Italian Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking Midcentury Italian ceramic table lamp, circa 1950s-1960s. This stunning hand thrown lamp with deep variegated glazing of olive greens is accented with abstract polychrome gr...
Brass
Unavailable|$3,995 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Blue Green Crackle Glazed Ceramic Jar Form Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of Mid-Century blue green polychrome crackle glazed ceramic jar form table lamps, circa 1950s-1960s. These stunning artisan crafted hand thrown lamps are mounted on tur...
Brass
Unavailable|$1,800
SAPPHIRE, Hand-thrown, Hand-painted Terracotta Table Lamp
By Daphne Verley Ceramics
Located in Warren, RI
Sapphire is a one of a kind show stopper with her matte cobalt body embellished with tiny white gloss dots. This hand thrown, hand painted terra-cotta lamp is part of a series daphné...
Ceramic
Unavailable|$950
Bob Kinzie Hand Thrown Table Lamp
By Bob Kinzie
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Hand-thrown ceramic table lamp Bob Kinzie for Affiliated Crafstmen, circa 1960s.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$850
Large Hand Thrown Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Hudson, NY
Large overglazed hand thrown ceramic table lamp.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$1,420
Hand Thrown Brown Glaze Pottery Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
The bronze finish two light cluster emanates from a fired, hand thrown light terracotta with sand in the terracotta. The our glass body has the ripples from the potters hands and a ...
Unavailable|$3,200 / set
Bob Kinzie for Affiliated Craftsmen Hand Thrown Ceramic Lamp
By Maria Kipp, Bob Kinzie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand thrown and glazed ceramic lamp base with swirl texture by Bob Kinzie for Affiliated Craftsmen, paired with a Maria Kipp wood and fiber lampshade.
Ceramic, Wood, Yarn
Unavailable|$3,200 / set
Joel Edwards Hand-Thrown Ceramic Lamp with Maria Kipp Shade
By Maria Kipp, Joel Edwards
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-thrown, glazed and Sgraffito textured lamp base by Joel Edwards with original Maria Kipp wood and fiber woven lamp shade.
Ceramic, Wood, Yarn
Mid-Century, French Hand Thrown Pottery Table Lamp, circa 1960
Located in New York, NY
French, Mid-Century pottery table lamp featuring a hand thrown ball shaped base in divided sections of white textured ceramic divided by Tiffany blue sections.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$2,950 / item
Apt Pottery Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Made in Apt France this pair of hand thrown pottery lamps are just the right touch of handmade.
Unavailable|$576
"Flow", Table Lamp, Contemporary Ceramics
By Giovanni Mengoni
Located in Perugia, IT
Ceramic table lamp hand thrown on a wheel. Some apparently casual cuts are made on the classic base of the vase, from which beams of light shine.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$1,695 / set
Pair of Charlie West Pottery Lamps
By Charlie West
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a lovely pair of hand-thrown and glazed lamps. The color is one of a kind and can't be replicated.
Clay
Unavailable|$250
Ceramic Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Hand-thrown stoneware lamp with blue and green glaze, 1960s.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$2,800
Table Lamp by Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Striking 1960s table lamp, hand thrown by Bitossi. Glaze is 18-karat gold.
Unavailable|$5,500
Ceramic Mushroom Floor Lamp by Nicholas Pourfard
Located in Chicago, IL
A hand-thrown ceramic lamp that is comprised of two pieces.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$525
American Art Pottery Lamp
Located in Woodstock, NY
A single hand-thrown pottery lamp with sgraffito glaze and exposed terra cotta surface.
Brass
Unavailable|$750
Ceramic Lamp by Joel Edwards
By Joel Edwards
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s hand-thrown glazed pottery lamp by California ceramic artist, Joel Edwards.
Pottery, Stoneware
Unavailable|$2,795 / set
Pair of Midcentury Terracotta Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of striking midcentury terracotta table lamps, circa 1960s-1970s. These sculptural and highly textural hand thrown ceramic lamps are mounted on white lacquered turned wood bases...
Brass
Unavailable|$1,950
Midcentury Ceramic Jar Form Table Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sculptural midcentury ceramic jar form table lamp, circa 1950s-1960s. This striking hand thrown organic form lamp is lava glazed with alternating neutral earth-tone colors and wired ...
Brass
Unavailable|$2,600
Lee Rosen for Design Technics Series 3300 Lamp
By Design Technics, Lee Rosen
Located in Princeton, NJ
Hand-thrown ceramic lamp in a matte burnt sienna glaze with rich, textural detail.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$2,600
Monumental 1950's Italian Zaccagnini Art Pottery Table Lamp
By Ugo Zaccagnini
Located in Washington, DC
Monumental 1950's table lamp in hand thrown glazed terracotta with hand painted gilt decoration by famed Italian ceramicist Ugo Zaccagnini.
Unavailable|$2,295 / set
Pair of Hollywood Regency Ginger Jar Form Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning pair of Hollywood Regency green glazed ceramic table lamps, circa 1950s-1960s. These glamorous hand thrown ginger jar form lamps are mounted on giltwood bases and wired with...
Brass
Unavailable|$3,295 / set
Pair of Midcentury Blanc de Chine Ceramic Rooster Form Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning pair of midcentury Italian Blanc de Chine ceramic rooster form table lamps, circa 1950s-1960s. These highly decorative hand thrown figural lamps are rewired with brass fitti...
Brass
Unavailable|$3,995 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Sand Glazed Textured Ceramic Gourd Form Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning pair of Mid-Century sand glazed textured ceramic table lamps, circa 1950s-1960s. These artisan crafted hand thrown gourd form table lamps are mounted on turned wood bases an...
Brass
Large Brown Ceramic Table Lamp by California Pottery in the style of Bob Kinzie
By Bob Kinzie
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hand-thrown brown ceramic large table lamp on a walnut base table lamp in the style of potter Bob Kinzie for Affiliated Crafstmen, circa 1960s.
Ceramic
Unavailable|$2,200
Round White Pierced Pendant Light, in Stock
By Lynne Meade Ceramics
Located in Oakland, CA
Wheel thrown, hand pierced pendant lamp, glazed with a white satin finish.
Ceramic, Clay
Unavailable|$2,040
White Pierced Inverted Vase Pendant Light, in Stock
By Lynne Meade Ceramics
Located in Oakland, CA
Wheel thrown, hand pierced, this pendant lamp is glazed with a white satin finish.
Ceramic
Sold|$975
Ribbed Terracotta hand thrown lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful earth tone hand thrown ribbed terra-cotta lamp signed on the base M Vlosky and MV.
Acoma Socorro Checkers Pattern Matching Hand Thrown Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A unique pair of Acoma hand thrown pottery lamps that have been made into lamps. we have had these rewired and the wood bases and tops have been repainted.
Sold|$1,700 / set
Pair of Hand Thrown Ceramic Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of studio hand thrown lamps. The large ceramic portion is 23" high, 9" diameter and 26.5" from base to the bottom of socket.
White Ceramic Table Lamp
By Raymor
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A hand thrown lamp with a rich cream glaze having a graphic all-over double diamond pattern in black.
Brass
Sold|$2,400
Pair of Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Pair of hand thrown lamps by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter circa 1960.
Sold|$3,400
2 Potiers French Ceramic Table Lamp
By Les 2 Potiers
Located in Chicago, IL
Important hand-thrown lamp-base, ceramic glazed in shades of blue and touch of brown and white with an engraved geometric and fluid freeform decoration.
Ceramic
Hand-thrown Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hand-thrown ceramic table lamp, mint green with striations and copper hardware, made in Italy for Marbro Lighting, American 1950's
Hand-Thrown Danish Table Lamps
By Arne Bang
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A superb and interesting pair of hand-thrown ceramic table lamps having rhythmic and concentric all-over gouged and pinched decoration, and covered in a rich cream glaze with terraco...
Ceramic
Sold|$600
Hand Thrown Glazed Ceramic Lamp
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Wonderful thrown ceramic lamp with blues and earth tones.
Ceramic
Studio Crafted Hand Thrown Pottery Lamps
Located in Bellport, NY
Large and shapely studio crafted ceramic table lamp in an off white natural bisque tone. hand thrown and hand brushed.
Ceramic
Sold|$2,750
Pair Hand Thrown Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of hand thrown and organic glazed pottery table lamps.
Studio Crafted Hand Thrown Pottery Lamps
Located in Bellport, NY
Hand throw and hand brushed studio craftd pottery lamps.Bulbous and organic in shape.Natural bisque,in an of white tone.Empire shades paper shades.Three way switch,in brass.
Pair, Hand Thrown & Hand Brushed Studio Pottery Lamps.
Located in Bellport, NY
Tall and shapely hand thrown & hand brushed pottery lamps.In beautiful celadon green.
Pair, Studio Hand Brushed & Hand Thrown Pottery Lamps.
Located in Bellport, NY
Pair,beautiful hand thrown and hand brushed pottery lamps,in a gem tone colbalt blue.Three way switch,new shades,can be purshased seperately.
Celadon Hand-Thrown Glazed Stoneware Table Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Hand-thrown, hand-painted, celadon glazed stoneware lamp.
Stoneware
Sold|$1,800
Hand Thrown Pottery Lamp by Design Technics
By Design Technics
Located in New York, NY
Hand Thrown Pottery Lamp by Design Technics.
Ceramic, Pottery
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.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
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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