a collection of four 1950's educational posters from the Research and Information Department at the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; each depicting the origin of measurements: a yard, foot, inch and fathom; excellent vintage condition with good clear colors; each with new custom ebonized frame

of compressed form covered overall in an ivory and brown drip-glaze over a caramel ground; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; rewired

a robust american 1960's baluster-form cork lamp with ebonized base and cap; rewired; shade as is

a handsome english art deco beechwood floor lamp with blond highlights

each in a rich egg yolk-yellow glaze with everted neck above an ovoid body with stylized laurel leaf perimeter band flanked by lions masks; all raised on a fluted splayed support resting on an ebonized wooden base; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; wooden base refinished; rewired

the short flared neck above an elongated body tapering at the base; adorned overall with raised thistle branches in white glass on a coral ground; excellent condition; no chips or cracks; minor wear to underside, circa 1960's

Signed lower left; Paul Immel was born in Helena, Montana in 1864. Immel studied at the Ball School of Art in Minneapolis and in 1924 moved to Los Angeles where he further studied at Otis Art Institute, later moving to Seattle, Washington. Immel is known for his watercolor floral studies and was a member of the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters and the Northwest Watercolor Society; excellent condition with nice clear colors; some wear to blonde-stained wooden frame

beautiful Italian design of collapsible scissor form fitted with a removable tray all raised on clear plastic casters; excellent vintage condition with even wear to warm patina

of stylish mid-century design in the manner of Tommi Parzinger, with ivory-glazed oblelisk-form base emanating two deeply scrolled brass arms supporting candle form socket holders;  centering a cylindrical brass rod and finial; all atop a black marble base with white veining; 18.5" (top of ceramic)  35: (top of shade); good vintage condition with light overall wear; minor pitting to brass; professionally rewired. 

the large bottle-form lamp with long neck and tapering body all in a crater glaze 

of large scale, with long everted neck above a spheroid body all resting on a custom giltwood base; good vintage condition with some wear to surface; rewired

of baluster form with long neck and everted lip above an ovoid body with splayed foot; the densely-painted and colorful flowers at the shoulder above delicate cascading wisteria; excellent vintage condition with no chips or cracks; only minor wear; professionally rewired; vase now drilled and mounted as a lamp

minor wear to honed surface; new wiring; shade as is; French wired

the long inset glass top within a molded brass border; raised on a black metal base joined by a lower glass shelf; excellent condition with overall minor wear

the thick oval glass top with ogee edge resting on a conforming neoclassical style brass base raised on four columnar supports terminating in hoof feet all joined by incurved perimeter stretchers; good vintage condition with minor pitting and patina; sturdy frame; no chips or cracks to glass with some wear to surface 

a stylish French 1940s brass rectangular coffee table with inset black glass top; with black glass top inset within a brass frame raised on reeded supports with stylized melon-form caps all joined by a lower x-form stretcher; later glass; good vintage condition with overall even wear and patina

the upright glass stand raised on cylindrical rods; with protruding knobs suspending 2 tools; excellent vintage condition with overall minor wear

with arching faux bamboo handle joining a glass framed receptable over faux bamboo legs; excellent condition with minor overall wear

excellent condition with overall even wear

the inset glass top above curule-form supports with swan motifs; excellent condition with overall minor wear

from the Vista Alegre Porcelain Factory (founded 1824) each rectilinear vase with flared neck above a tapering body ending in a splayed foot; hand decorated overall with vibrant floral and foliate vines; maker's mark to underside; now drilled and mounted as lamps; with custom giltwood caps and bases; professionally rewired; only minor wear from use