A very large and very eye-catching vintage promotional chalkware table lamp in the shape of a bottle of Blue Nun, complete with oversized labels over an airbrushed trompe-l'œil glassy surface. It was made in Germany for the UK market in the early- to mid-1960s by Eduard Kaib Kunstwerkstätten, which had a line in oversized display bottles for various wine and spirit companies during this period. It originally would have been displayed in a pub or off licence, in the days when Blue Nun was a popular and relatively expensive choice of wine.
The lamp has been dismantled, cleaned, rewired and brought up to modern safety standards with a brand new British-made patinated solid brass safety switched lampholder and a generous length of 3-core twisted cable with a vintage aesthetic brown silk braid.
The lamp accepts a single B22 bayonet bulb. It comes fitted with a UK 3-pin plug. International buyers should be able to readily and inexpensively source plug adaptors for their domestic outlets.
XXL 1960s Promotional Chalkware Blue Nun Bottle Table Lamp
Condition
As you might expect of a 60 year old item intended to be ephemeral and disposable, the lamp has some wear and tear – a few isolated scratches to the chalkware, light wear and discolouration to the paper labels, and base wear – but it is generally in very good condition, considering. Clean and ready to use.
Measurements
Height: 760 mm / 30.0"
Width or Diameter: 140 mm / 5.5"
