Ceramic Lamp Base, Drip Glaze

A chunky studio-pottery lamp base, thrown by hand, with a thick drip glaze that runs from mustard at the shoulder to a deep brown at the foot. Where the glaze pooled it has gone glassy and almost black, and where it thinned you can see the speckled clay underneath. It stands 14 in to the socket and has a little texture from the potter’s fingers spiraling up the sides.

There are no chips or cracks. The original wiring has been tested and works, and the switch is on the socket. A linen drum shade in oatmeal or rust would suit it. I bought it at a stoop sale years ago and it has moved apartments with me three times.