Post #564947 by Mai Tai on Sat, Nov 13, 2010 11:35 PM

Here's a cool lamp that I picked up at the Antiques By The Bay swap meet at the ol' Naval Air Station in Alameda a while back. It's made by the Beaumont Glass Company, still in it's original box, which is probably why it has survived all these years. The globe is pretty large, a 16 incher in diameter - it's like the size of a large beach ball, about the same size as one of my large vintage fish floats. It has a really cool amber tortoise finish.

Speaking of fish floats, as you can probably surmise from the above pic, I plan to stick a small pufferfish into the lamp, and hang it in the tiki bar area. Here are some pics of various colored bulbs that I used in the puffer, or as I like to call it, Fun With Puffer Fish.

First up, green.

Here is the puffer, sitting on the other side of the lamp, rather than inside it. The light has to shine a farther distance and through two pieces of glass, but it helps give an idea of what color would look good inside. While green initially looked good, it didn't really jump out when it was behind the globe.

Next up, blue.

Blue ended up being even worse looking behind the globe than green.

Time for red. Red looks great.

Red really looks good in low light conditions, and photographs well in low light conditions too. So far it's the best contender.

Next up, my favorite, amber.

Amber really brought out the detail in the amber globe lamp. It really popped when it was behind the globe lamp. Plus it adds a nice vintage touch. I'll be going with this color.

Last one, white.

White photographed the best, but to the naked eye it was harsh. In comparison, amber looked better, so I'll go with amber instead.

I hope you enjoyed tonight's episode of Fun With Puffer Fish!