Smokers stands were a convenient way of having an ash tray at elbow height while you listened to a radio and shortened your life smoking cigarette after cigarette. Not in great demand these days this one sat in the corner of a junk shop for many months before being acquired and upcycled into a table lamp. The wood turning is quite beautiful and only required a small amount of imagination to convert it to a lamp stand. The original dark stain was covered with a colour called antique lace (white) and the transformation was complete. It stands 62cm to the bulb.