Holtkotter Broken Lamp

It was a really lovely lamp. We found it six years ago at Alexandria Lighting. It looked like a floating cloud and had an interesting dimmer and turn off function. It was sleek and sat on the entryway table in our Capitol Hill condo. When we moved to northern Virginia three years ago, the Holtkotter lamp really didn’t have a place in the new space. So it ended up in the dining room. One of the first things I did was burn my fingers on the tiny halogen light bulb that needed to be changed the first day we moved in. From then on I never cared for that lamp. So this week the bulb went out. I found our halogen bulb replacement. When we removed the cloud glass part of the lamp - with some difficulty - the next part was to take out the lightbulb. It wasn’t easy - and another reminder of how impractical this light actually is. We finally twisted the bulb out after carefully re reading the instructions. We got the replacement bulb in quick enough, but we couldn’t lower the glass cloud over the stem. There was a small metal piece sticking out. So I got our smallest Allen wrench out and tried to screw it in so the surface was flat. Too much twisting did the trick until the ceramic piece holding the bulb shattered. So now the lamp is useless unless we can find a place to repair it. I’ve contacted two places - including the place we bought it - and no one has yet responded. In the end we decided we really don’t need a lamp in the dining room, so we won’t buy another one. I don’t think this lamp is made anymore - probably because it is so impractical. But if we can get this one repaired we will. My husband really liked this lamp. And for that reason alone it’s worth getting it fixed.