My grandmother put this huge heat bulb in this flexible neck lamp to aim at her knee. :-) I’m sure she had it from at least the ’40’s. It looks to be green enamel or a patina of some kind. Relatively heavy. I guess she would have just vacuumed the ashes/butts with the Hoover hose. Look at that giant plug!
Ashtray lamp
$is_award=$is_gold_award=$is_hair=0;
$is_byallee=0;
$is_askallee=0;
$c=get_the_category();
foreach ($c as $cat)
{
if ($cat->slug=='certifikitsch-winners')
{
$is_award=1;
}
if ($cat->slug=='classique-d-camembert-winners')
{
$is_gold_award=1;
}
if ($cat->slug=='love-is-in-the-hair-award-winners')
{
$is_hair=1;
}
}
// true added because this table will now always exist - jealous button
if ($is_award || $is_gold_award || $is_hair || true)
{
$admin_email_pop_coa=$admin_email_pop_cdc=$admin_email_pop_liith="";
if ( current_user_can('level_10') )
{
$now=gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$key=sha1("A".$now."B");
$the_title=single_post_title("", false);
?>
$admin_email_pop_coa="
Send Certifikitsch Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_cdc="
Send Classique d' Camembert Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_liith="
Send Love Is In The Hair Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; } echo "
Send Certifikitsch Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_cdc="
Send Classique d' Camembert Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; $admin_email_pop_liith="
Send Love Is In The Hair Confirmation Email to: ".get_the_author_meta('display_name').""; } echo "
";
if ($is_award)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_coa;
}
if ($is_gold_award)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_cdc;
}
if ($is_hair)
{
echo '';
echo '
'.$admin_email_pop_liith;
}
/*
if (empty($uid))
{
$str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!
(You must be logged in to be Jealous.)"; } elseif ($user_is_jealous) { $str="You are Jealous of this Kitsch!"; } else { $str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!"; } if (empty($uid)) { echo '
';
}
elseif ($user_is_jealous)
{
echo '
';
}
else
{
echo '
';
}
if (count($jealous_rs)>0)
{
echo "(".count($jealous_rs).")";
}
*/
echo "
\n\n";
}
?>
 .'/library/img/certifikitsch-of-authenkitschity.gif)
 .'/library/img/classique-d-camembert-post.gif)
 .'/library/img/icon-love-is-in-the-hair-sm.png)
(You must be logged in to be Jealous.)"; } elseif ($user_is_jealous) { $str="You are Jealous of this Kitsch!"; } else { $str="Click if you\\'re Jealous!"; } if (empty($uid)) { echo '
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
 .'/library/img/jealous-button-med.png)
Allee Willis
When I first moved to Hollywood in 1976 I moved into a tiny cabin off Hollywood Blvd. that had been built as Marie Dressler’s dressing room. She was the older, heavyset woman who was in a lot of the Marx Brothers’ films. Many of her belongings were still there and I swear that this exact lamp was among them. The base was cast iron, very heavy but I lugged it around the cabin and it lit the very first songs I write in LA.
I’m pretty sure it’s earlier than the 40’s. I think as early as 20’s. The detail on the base is great. Have sentimental feelings about this lamp!
Love the giant bulb and plug.
denny
I love this and going to hit the jealous button right now.
Michael Ely
Got a light?
Billaurie
Haaaaaaaahaha! I wish I had thought that up first!! Where’s the “jealous” button for comments? ;-))
Allee Willis
I’m often jealous of comments. Can’t believe I didn’t think of them first.