WOW!!! Those aren't pieces of glitter flakes....they are like sheets of flakes, they are huge looking! Very nice, is this one yours or from another's gallery set?
This far out and groovy lamp reminds me of the smudge pots we used in the old days to keep the citrus groves or the tropical foliage in the greenhoues warn enough so as not to freeze on those cold winter nights in the tropics......
The metal dowels have small screws on top that hold them in, when removing it lets you lift up the cap, then allowing you to lift up the bottle revealing the bulb down in the base. It has a small cylindrical reflector around the bulb to transmit the heat & light upwards since the base is made of a bakelite or fiberglass kind of material.