Old MARTZ Marshall POTTERY Studios PITCHER or LAMP BASE

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“Speculated” – That’s what I’ve decided to call this glaze. I’m too lazy to look it up.

Now before you get your little panties all in a twist about me using the term “lamp base” in the title, let me tell you something. I realize Marshall Studios intended it to be used as a pitcher, but it’s just the right size to be made into a lamp base. It stands 10” tall, and measures 5 ½” in diameter at the base.

OK you Martz collectors . . . Calm down and listen.

You don’t have to drill the bottom to turn things into lamps any longer. They make a nice little set-up with a wooden platform and a brass rod in the back for the cord. It curves back to the center at the top. You’ve seen’m! It makes it so, so simple to do. So it is no longer necessary to destroy an antique or an “antique of the future” just because you need a lamp. That’s definitely the smartest way to go.

But as for me: I’d drill a hole in the bottom!

As you can see, it has the incised mark “Martz, M – 309.” That number as well as “Marshall Studios” also appears on the original paper label. (I know, I know: Investment Quality yada, yada, yada.)

Here at 341, I have two "Prime Directives:"
First: I never, under any circumstances, use a reserve, and everything starts at $9, sometimes even less. And, I never end auctions early or use BIN.
Second: I don't clean, repair, or otherwise monkey around with anything. I push enough dust aside to note any flaws, but if I discovered it in some dusty attic, you can look forward to a little dust on it when it gets to your house. If it has a flaw or a wart, I'll tell you about it.
So rest easy and have some fun. Why not place a little tiny bid right now so's you don't forget about it later.

I met a full grown woman a couple years ago whose skin was freckled as thickly as this jug. She was absolutely beautiful! I’d forgotten all about meeting her ‘til just right now.

Uh-oh . . . I very nearly wandered off someplace in my head.

GOOD LUCK

Buyer pays $7.50 for professional packing and insured shipping.(That is for U.S. Lower 48 only. Elsewhere in the known Universe - request quote.) All Customs forms will state actual selling price of items shipped internationally.