Vintage Rose Lamp

When selecting a porcelain rose lamp, especially if you're buying from an online retailer, don't take a photograph at face value. For example, smudges in the paint or other marks that appear like they could wash off may be irregularities, damage, or blemishes that have been baked into the glaze. The best recourse is to make your buying decisions in person. If this isn't possible, then request additional photographs from the seller if you aren't sure of the condition of the lamp. Maintaining the piece requires the use of porcelain cleaning products. Be sure not to scrub too harshly or else you may break or cause cracking in the delicate surface of the porcelain. Regular maintenance can include routine dusting to ensure build-up isn’t occurring.

Despite many lamp manufacturers using these words interchangeably, there's a difference between ceramic and porcelain. Therefore, when purchasing your porcelain rose lamp, it's critical you ensure it's genuine. Ceramic is a piece that's made from natural clay that's been mixed with water and various other formulations, shaped, glazed, and heated until hardened. Porcelain is a white body of clay with a chemical composition of silica, quartz, kaolin, and feldspar that's used for making very smooth pieces that are hardened by fire. Porcelain is still very smooth even without glaze whereas clay pieces aren't.

In home decor, porcelain lamps double as functional lighting and a way of adding artistic expression to interior spaces. Not only do these lamps vary in size from small to significantly large, but you can also find them in matched pairs for formal living rooms. When decorating a room, you can achieve a balanced look by placing a porcelain rose lamp on end tables featuring a wider top than the lampshade's bottom. Create unification in your room's design scheme by pairing porcelain lamps with the same color shade and base design on end tables in living rooms and on hallway tables. These styles will also work well in bedroom decor, as well.

The addition of vintage porcelain lamps to home decor adds a touch of class to decorating styles including Mid-Century Modern and shabby chic. Regarding a shabby chic living room, consider a porcelain lamp featuring pink roses with gold gilding against a snow-white background. Mid-Century Modern rooms could opt for the same rose pattern, but without the rose gilding, against a turquoise backdrop. The shape of the lamp base also plays into the style of the room. For example, a traditional room could feature a base in the shape of a ginger jar.