Monumental! Gordon & Jane Martz / Marshall Studios Model #254D. In excellent original condition, including shade. Bone & charcoal grey ribbed ceramic with a teak base. 40"h x 18:diameter shade x 8” base. USA, 1960s.
The creators of Martz lamps and pottery met at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Jane Marshall Martz was from the family that owned Marshall Studios, a lamp company founded in 1922 by Jane's grandmother. 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.
