{"product_id":"pair-of-opaline-glass-table-lamps-22323","title":"Pair of Opaline Glass Table Lamps, Baluster Form, Bronze-Toned Base, 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA glassblower doesn't carve this shape — they coax it. The base of these two lamps started as a molten gather on the end of a pipe, spun and breathed into slowly while a tool pinched the neck narrow and let the shoulder swell out above it, all before the glass had time to cool and refuse to move anymore. There's a small window where the material is workable, and everything about the final form — the exact curve of the waist, the roundness of the shoulder — got decided inside that window, by hand, under time pressure, in a workshop that no longer exists in the way it did in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's part of why a pair like this is worth more than the sum of its glass and metal: getting two separately blown pieces to echo each other this closely, without either one being a mold-cast twin, takes a level of hand control that mostly disappeared once machine pressing took over cheaper glassware later in the century. What you're looking at is glass shaped by breath and gravity and a steady hand, not stamped into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades on, the opaline body still holds its even, milky white without a chip or a cloud, and the bronze-toned base and fittings carry the soft, worn-in look of hardware that's actually been dusted, plugged in, and switched on across a lot of ordinary evenings — not kept behind glass. Set on a bedside table or console, the pair picks up right where its last owner left off, quietly doing the same job it always did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping, with your choice of plug fitted to your country at no extra charge. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: opaline glass, bronze-toned metal base and fittings\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions (each): height 45 cm (17.7 in), base diameter 12 cm (4.7 in), maximum diameter 18 cm (7.1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Mid-century style, 1950s\u003cbr\u003e\nElectrical: plug fitted to your country at no extra charge\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition, original character with signs of age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"US","offer_id":59083184865625,"sku":"LM-V-038","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK","offer_id":59083184898393,"sku":"LM-V-038","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"EU","offer_id":59083184931161,"sku":"LM-V-038","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8275440102_4nm2.jpg?v=1787566196","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/pair-of-opaline-glass-table-lamps-22323","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}