I have a little pot, looks like the top to a double boiler or something. It has a marking on the side by the handle that is the crown, 980, underneath that is a 12, and than Germany. I am just curious if it is worth anything!
This lamp is very heavy. Each piece shade and base are also very heavy indivisually. Similar shades on line call this butterscotch slag and amber glass. The metal base has carvings of flowers and decorative lines that are etched right on the surface of the metal. Some of the carvings seem to be fading away and Im not sure why. The edges of the open spaces in the base are rough, sharp, and jagged which makes me think it was manually created that way with hand tools not a machine. I dont believe the shade and base were made to go together. I always find similar shades on line but they are always hanging lamp shades and they never exactly match the pattern of my shade. I have never seen another base like this one and I have searched for years, even the antique dealer I purchased it from has no idea.
I purchased this item at an estate sale. It intriqued me because it's a picture on one side and a mirror on the other side. The mirror looks old to me, the way they get when they're old, like kind of foggy and no matter how much you windex it, it's still foggy. The thing that's strange about this item is the circle hook that is on the bottom of the frame. If it was on top you'd think is was to hang the picture/mirror, but it's on the bottom. And there are no other holes in the frame to suggest there were ever any more than the one it has now. I wonder if it used to spin or something so that it was a decorative picture when not in use as a mirror.
ps. the frame is made with tiny nails and it is rather heavy weighing in at 1.2oz.