Cute lamp, but it arrive with the wire cut in two where the lower and upper stems assemble. I repaired the wires with solder and shrink tubing so it would fit in the lamp stem. I then assembled the upper to the lower stem and found the embedded threaded tube was not properly glued into the lower stem. The thread quality was poor. Some super glue fixed that. The base came with a deep scratch that was painted over, probably at the factory. If you are handy, this is an unusual lamp to have, but the manufacturing quality is less than good. It's worth maybe $60, not over hundred like I paid.