ARCTIC OCEAN | Narwhal Tusk Standard Lamp

with an Arts and Crafts wrought polished steel stand and brass quadruple brass bayonet fixing

This will require wiring by a qualified electrician. Wear to tusk from use and handling. The shade with signs of exposure to the elements and slightly discoloured but well matched. height with shade 193cm. (floor to shade)
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The pleated stiffened linen shade was found by Stanley Seeger discarded on a beach. Narwhal tusks were often part of the European kuntskammer created by discerning collectors of the Renaissance and later. They were historically traded for centuries and often believed to be the mythical horns from unicorns. They were costly objects of wonder and through their connection with the mythological were believed to possess magical properties, including the power to purify poisoned water.