Vtg Mid Century Modern Signed Martz Marshall Studio Sgraffito Pottery Table Lamp

This listing is for a mid-century Martz table lamp designed by Gordon and Jane Martz at Marshall Studios. The lamp has a blue glazed pottery base with "Sgraffito" design, a simple shade, and cylindrical teak wood finial. It's about 19" tall and about 7" wide at the base. The lamp appears to be very good condition overall with no chips, cracks or crazing that we could find. Please see the photos below to see everything that is included, and contact us with any questions before bidding. We have a low opening bid and no reserve price so don't miss your chance to win!

"The creators of Martz lamps and pottery met at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, where they were both students. Gordon and Jane Martz married when they graduated in 1951, and they began their married life by moving to Jane's home, Veedersburg, Indiana. Jane Marshall Martz was from the family that owned Marshall Studios, a lamp company founded in 1922 by Jane's grandmother, known affectionately in the family as "Muz". Jessie "Muz" Marshall had started her career hand-painting lampshades in her Indianapolis home. The shades led to lamp bases, and the bases led to a small Indianapolis factory producing a line of turned wood lamps with hand-painted shades. By 1951, the company had been in Veedersburg for ten years, in a building originally built as a WPA project. Marshall Studios was then in the hands of Jane's parents, Nicholas and Grace Marshall, who wanted the young couple to contribute their talents to the enterprise."

The winning bidder can pick up this item at our store in Colchester, Vermont to save on shipping charges. All local pickups are subject to 7% Vermont state sales tax.