A lemon-yellow crackle glaze sets this Soholm table lamp apart from the darker versions of the same design. Model 1072 was drawn by Einar Johansen in the 1960s and made at the Soholm pottery in Ronne, on the Danish island of Bornholm; this example pairs a bright sulphur-yellow dish with a near-black stoneware body.
The form is a slim, tapering column set into a deep, bowl-shaped foot. The column is matte and carries the fine rings left by the potter's wheel, and towards its lower end it warms to brown before meeting the glaze. The yellow fills the shallow dish around the stem and turns olive green where it pools against the column. A fine crackle runs through the glaze, and a thin, glossy dark rim frames the dish. A plain white porcelain socket sits on top.
Soholm has been making pottery on Bornholm since 1835, and its stoneware lamp bases from the 1960s remain a favourite among collectors of Danish ceramics. The underside is left unglazed, with a pale ring around a darker stoneware centre. Here it carries the incised model number 1072 and a hand-drawn maker's mark, and the cord leaves through a small notch in the foot.
The glaze was applied by hand, so the strength of the yellow and the pattern of the crackle belong to this lamp alone. It reads as a small sculpture on a shelf or sideboard, or as a bedside or desk lamp with a shade.
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