Very Rare and Collectable Polaroid Desk Lamp Offered For
Auction

Released on = September 27, 2005, 9:07 am

Press Release Author = Dave Bender / BTV Designs

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Very Rare and Collectable Polaroid Desk Lamp Offered For Auction

Press Release Body = Desk lamp, Model #114.

Low, hemispherical brown plastic bakelite base with a cylindrical metal switch at the front and the lamp stem at the rear; wire cord attached through bottom rear of base. Stem is an aluminum cone tapering out from bottom, rising at a slight angle; four vertical slots at bottom rear of stem. Top of the stem is an irregularly shaped
half circle punctured with circles and four screws with plastic heads that attach to the shade.

Brown plastic shade in general shape of three-dimensional isosceles trapezoid with basically straight sides but rounded on all edges, and widest at the front. Shade slopes downward on top toward the front. Center of shade is slightly raised with four slots for ventilation along the rear and two on each side of the raised section.

Interior of shade is white and has two metal reflectors, curved one at back and flat one on inside top;

CONDITION: Excellent condition. Some weat to surface bakelite, but not much. Lamp is in working condition. Turns on and off. No damage at all. No cracks. No chips.

Desk Lamp, Model #114

ca. 1939

Medium Aluminum, plastic

Dimensions 12 3/4 × 11 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (32.4 x 29.2 x 26 cm)

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Contact Details = Dave Bender
2455 Frontier Rd
Prosser WA 99350
5097866862
ceo at bythevineyard.com