Post #304209 by Babalu on Sat, May 5, 2007 8:35 AM

Hey Tiki World,

I wanted to share this Universal Statuary Corp. lamp I found at an auction down the street a few years back. I must say that I've fallen in love with this darn thing. It has even directly influenced some carving that I have been playing with lately.

I haven't seen stuff from this Company around here lately, (might be some buried in the archives somewhere?) and am wondering if any of you other TC'ers might have collected any tiki objects made by Universal? I would love to see some other images of tiki objects made by these guys.

This lamp has it's original lamp shade and wiring. It has the words "Universal Statuary Corp. - Chicago 22 Ill (or Illinois) c (copy right) 1959 - 9899 carved and stamped into the base. The soft warm glow that it emanates through the shade makes this lamp a main focal point in my casa.

It's funny, if you look at the right side ear on this guy, you can see where a worker picked up this slip casting a little to early after it had been released from the mold and accidentally pressed the ear inward....they went ahead and ran it through production despite the flaw.

Best,

Babalu