I know what these are as well as I know my name, but went to list them and can’t think of it! They are old bodies of lamps that belonged to my Grandmother. I don’t want to call them “Lamp Bodies” though, what the heck are they called?
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Iefio_whfupf Reputation: 40 See Iefio_whfupf's booth |
I did a quick search on lamp parts and I think??? these parts are called fonts.
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thevintageflea Reputation: 251 See thevintageflea's booth |
I think you have the right word, they are lamp parts, right? Gorgeous, too by the way!
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johngermaine Reputation: 576 See johngermaine's booth |
I am thinking that the average person would type in the words “lamp base”, when they did a search, so maybe you could include those words in your listing as well?
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FindersandKeepers Reputation: 12 See FindersandKeepers' booth |
I think I like ornate lamp base best. I would never think of a lamp part being called a font if I were searching in Google. To me, a font is a style in typographics.
Professional lamp sellers might know this term, but I think it would be foreign to the average jo.
I suppose you can be safe and call it a “ginger jar lamp base font” to be safe.
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ZenGirl Reputation: 40 See ZenGirl's booth |
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