A novelty lamp
that was probably free with a bark-a-lounger.
They are everywhere. Free in a garbage heap, 1 bean at yard sales.
Overpriced at thrift stores. (5 beans)
You could at least clean it up and take a nice photo.
Getting 10 beans on e-bay is hardly worth the effort.
Even the most cheesy ones that some collect are stamped.
Like Puccini Art Novelty Co. (the lamp shades are usually the best part)
Here is one listing.
"VTG Table Lamp Shade Eames Era Art Deco Ceramic Boudoir"
(9.99 no bids)
Anyone that collects them for their kitsch factor, has a house full of them
because they are cheap and funny.
It isn't snobby. It is just fact.
I was thinking it too, but could it really be?
Hmmmmm.....
The shape is right, the color as well, and looks very similar to the one that broke that auction record a couple of years ago.
However the signature is supposedly "CR". Could it really be a messy inscribed "GdF"?
I don't have a copy of the recent catalogue raisonné to check.
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