Score!

This little lamp has a story . . . 

I bought it in 2001 

It came from an antique shop in Buffalo, New York

And as I'm prone to do, I find something I like

but talk myself out of it

And then, once home, I decided that I wanted it

I called the antique shop

It was still there

(and it's not like calling a retail store with an item number either . . . 

It's like, it's on that bureau that's by the second door on the left . . . )

And it was before cell phones and texting --

It was the "old" days!

We had to resort to my description of the item, the price (which I remembered), and the location in the store!

They found it, I charged my card and they sent it to me.

I had it on the chest at the top of the stairs for several years

and then I tired of it and put it away

I found it a year or so ago

And when I found it I managed to break it's globe!

Silly me!

So it sat on a shelf in the basement

And then when I was rearranging things a bit, I remembered it

and brought it upstairs.

I put a shade on from the sconces in the bedroom and left it there --

trying to decide whether or not I wanted to keep it on Husband Jim's chest

(and so the sconce went "shadeless" while I looked for a replacement)

And yes, I liked it!

It looked good on the chest

(And I'm partial to lamps with crystals -- don't ask how many I have!)

But I needed a shade

One lamp and one sconce equals two

And one shade means one is "shadeless"!

Today, out and about in Butler, Missouri

at a Thrift Store, I found . . . 

 A globe!

Friend Shirley Ann says that it's Princess House

I liked the shape

I liked the price ($2.00)

And I like it on the dresser

I think it's probably from the 20s or 30s

I don't think it's earlier.

And I'm in love with it all over again.

When I bought it, I had it here --

The chest on the top of the stairs

But then I tired of it and moved it to storage

Years later,

 I bought this Astral lamp for the top of the stairs

Much fancier than that first little crystal prism lamp!

I'm happy with the rescue of my little lamp

And the new shade that I found for it.

And it has a good story . . . 

But then almost everything at Linderhof does!