Large Industrial Foundry Molds Circa 1960s Bauhaus The design was based on

The design was based on the Rondella lamp by Christian Dell

Completely hand made by a potter & wine makers name or emblems hand painted on in Japanese calligraphy

Mushroom like table lamp designed by Heinz F W Stahl For Hillebrand-Leuchten ( Hillebrand Lighting Company ) circa 1960s

Leipzig 1920s

Above the shade is a junction box with a suspension hook which enables the shade to hang on suspension chains

Large Industrial Foundry Molds Circa 1960s Bauhaus The design was based onLarge circa 1960s industrial foundry mold used in the production of machine parts via metal casting. Made from wood this mold would be pressed into sand to form a negative space, into which molten metal would be poured to create the machine part. These molds were acquired from Webster & Horsfall a 300 year old factory ( still running to this day ) in Birmingham renowned for producing steel cable. They produced some of the strongest cable in the world,