An elegant wood table lamp with a vintage Victorian glass fishing float, made on Orkney and modelled on a lighthouse. The glass float has a subtle green hue, and is one of 15 that I discovered half buried in the garden of Clairdale, our 300 year old crofters cottage on the island of Sanday. Used by the Victorian crofters that lived here, all have the chips, scuffs, scratches, and patina that you would expect from a genuine glass float that has had a hard life at sea, and very few survive intact. This float has the North Star symbol with "British Made" set around it, placing its manufacture and use between 1840 and 1910 (so are between 110 and 180 years old). The glass floats were tied into the tops of fishing nets to keep them hanging vertically in the water, with stone weights attached to the bottom as ballast. The shape of the tower is based loosely on a local lighthouse. The three tier circular base is made from laburnum wood, each tier formed into an octagon, then turned to shape on my lathe, and the column is formed from four sections of laburnum. My lamps are one-off designs, and are truly unique - not another like it in the world.

It has a cork base to protect your table tops and I've used a string of LED micro-lights to illuminate the glass from within with a restful warm-white colour-cast. Powered by three AA batteries (not supplied). This lamp is NOT designed for outdoor use. It is 220mm wide, 360mm high, and the price includes postage and packing.

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