Press milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

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A milk glass table lamp from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The table lamp has a gold toned socket, neck, and locknut at the top. It has a black push through switch and a white, milk glass body. Along the side of the socket is upside down, stamped text that reads [660W-250V F[in circle]] and [PRESS / UL [in circle]]. The body is ginger jar shaped and the milk glass is molded in a quilted diamond pattern. The base of the lamp is gold toned metal and attached at the bottom and threaded through a hole in the side of the base is a white cord with a white plastic plug with two (2) metal prongs.

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