My father was a watchmaker. Fond memories of going with him in his van to the various jewellers he did work for picking up and dropping off. I remember being given a big metal lamp from his workshop when he passed away and realising the body of the lamp was not isolated from the incoming power, although luckily not at mains voltage (not what killed him).
Fond memories and a slightly terrifying electrical inheritance
Maybe it was a touch lamp? (Like a clapper but works when you touch the body not through sound)
Not unless touch lamps are supposed to give you an electric shock :)
Some of the older/cheaper touch lights did/do give a slight shock! It was a different time lol