Vintage Melon Oil Lamp Shades
Glass Cream - Green Lampshades add old fashioned Victorian elegance to antique lamps. Subtle cream color top, fades to a pale green mist around shade base. The cream to green coloration is a great neutral, blending with many old lamp bases. These vintage melon oil lamp shades have a ruffled top. This coloration is ideal on older glass, brass and nickel oil lamps.
Glass Cream - Green LampshadesMade in USA
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These Glass Cream - Green Lampshades are made in USA. Skilled craftsmen hand-blow each shade. Due to the nature of any hand-blown glass, slight imperfections may naturally occur. 2 shades are handblown together as one. Glass is then cut in half, creating 2 shades. The cut separation makes the base a little rough, this is not a flaw. This glass is both beautiful and luminous offering a a smooth, quiet appearance.
Measuring vintage melon oil lamp shades
- Shade-fitter is the bottom edge diameter of lampshade. This measurement is typically slightly less than 10".
- Shade-fitter sits in shade ring, tripod or spider for support.
- Opening in shade-holder, where shade sits, will be the fitter size.
- 10" fitter lampshades proportionally fit: 9" - 10-1/2" lamp bases. Occasionally they are seen on taller lamps.
- Lampshades are blown glass. Glass blowing techniques can cause slight differences in glass-thickness. These differences can affect bottom diameter and weight of lampshade.
- If needing a pair please order together to assure match.