fairfarmhand Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Odd memory came to mind of an oil rain lamp. Had a goddess type lady in it and nylon wires on which droplets of mineral oil would run. A pump would circulate the oil so it looked like rain. anyone else remember this? I was probably 8 years old. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) My great-grandmother had one! Edited July 10, 2019 by prairiewindmomma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 My grandparents had one that I loved as a kid. I suspect it was lost in my aunt and uncle's basement during the Flood of '93, as I haven't seen it since then and there's zero chance my packrat/hoarder uncle would have parted with it willingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I remember those. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I loved these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I'd never heard of it and had to look it up. Those are pretty unique! This brought back a memory of a light my grandma had in her living room. It was a hanging pendant light with a metal shade. The shade had holes in it and there were marbles of all different colors glued in the holes. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I was a little kid! I tried to find a picture of one like it, but failed. Maybe hers was one of a kind! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) Sounds cool; I'll look them up! What I remember are the lamps with rotating, pictorial, cylinder-shaped shades that made it look as though waves were moving under a boat or water flowing in a stream, etc. My elementary school friend's parents had one and I remember watching it as we fell asleep at slumber parties. Happy memories. 🙂 ETA: Watched a video, wow! So unique! Edited July 11, 2019 by MercyA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevergiveup Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I have a memory of an oil rain lamp....mostly I remember the dead flies that accumulated in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I remember a dead fly here and there. It was an event when my step-mother would run hers, because iirc she had to buy refills of the oil. She would run it for me any time I was at her house, but it wasn’t something she would just turn on. She also had a hanging wicker swing basket seat, that was special. I don’t know if it was always metal that looked like wicker, or if she replaced the seat later, but I loved to sit on it. Very fond memories!!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I remember those. My grandmother had one, and my husband's grandmother had one. My grandmother put tiny artificial plants in there in an attempt to make the naked lady inside a little more modest. 😄 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
math teacher Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I got my mom one for Christmas during the heyday. She still has it and it still works. The great grandkids think it's awesome. Hers has a piece of gold satin modesty fabric covering the goddess. 🤣 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 4:56 PM, fairfarmhand said: Odd memory came to mind of an oil rain lamp. Had a goddess type lady in it and nylon wires on which droplets of mineral oil would run. A pump would circulate the oil so it looked like rain. anyone else remember this? I was probably 8 years old. I was probably the same age and I LOVED those lamps. I thought they were so beautiful and wanted my mom to get me one LOL. It just looked so elegant to me and I would stare at them whenever we were at a store that had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I had to look it up too. My aunt had one with the Venus statue in the middle. It was very cool to a pre-teenager. It looked pretty tacky by the time I was a young adult. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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