Mysterious Lamp.....

As a child, I remember this lamp being in my great-grandmother's home. I didn't know her, but my great-uncle still lived there. Of course, being young, I didn't have an interest in this kind of stuff, but I really wish I had or learned more about so many of these items before my grandmother passed away.

When my great-uncle died in 1989, my grandma was hellbent on getting this lamp out of that house. It's been in her home ever since and now it resides at my mother's (I believe the table it sits on also was a part of this set, but I don't know for sure). My mother really didn't want it (she just isn't into anything that adds to "clutter"), but I insisted she take it. I wanted it, but but because my oldest child is just short of 8 years old, there was no way I would dare keep that sucker in my house.

Isn't it gorgeous? I really wish I knew more about it, but I did not see any markings that would help identify it.