My favorite lamp is actually a stack of glued-together
crockery. Beneath an unremarkable white shade, the base is a porcelain teacup
and saucer, a teapot and larger cup with two more saucers, a plate and an
overturned bowl. I found it in Anthropologie when that store was at the Gateway
shopping center. They were asking more than I was willing to pay for such a
frivolous thing. But over the next few months I visited it frequently, trying
to figure out how I could make one like it. I researched adhesives and special
drill bits, but knew I’d never match this perfect symmetry with thrift shop
pottery. Then Anthropologie moved to City Creek Mall. We toured the new store,
but didn’t see the teapot lamp. A salesperson stopped us as we were leaving.
They’d put the lamp aside, knowing I’d be back for it. That was ten years ago.
I don’t remember what I paid for it. I don’t care.
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