Early 'Sight Light' Table Lamp, M.G. Wheeler Co. USA. 1950s. sold ‘Alabastros’

‘Alabastros’

there has existed a Mackintosh design under the same patent number with an almost identical form

tall and slim in stature with a smooth neutral glaze and subtle orange/brown speckling

it joins two moulded plywood halves with well-matched teak veneer on the top and underside forming an organic leaf-like dish for the display of fruit

Handled pot:

Early 'Sight Light' Table Lamp, M.G. Wheeler Co. USA. 1950s. sold ‘Alabastros’A truly authentic and early example of the post bauhaus industrial 'Sight Light' table lamp, produced by M. G Wheeler Co. of USA. This piece dates from the 1950s, with a shade style not unlike the iconic PH lamps by Poul Henningsen of Denmark a widely exported design by that time. A bruised and knocked burgundy painted form shows off decades of honest use, contrastingly topped with three petit brass finials to secure the dish in place. A weighty