Exactly what I thought when I ordered this. Previously had a glass bulb which was unfortunately broken after my little boy that tipped against the wall. Well .. as I stood there with broken lampshade. Looked briefly at Amazon and found this lamp low. Since me this Practical lamp illuminates the set up quickly and wall safe is by plastic lampshade my evenings. Ok ... it is not called plastic but somehow it is still plastic. It's definitely not as vulnerable as glass but disguises itself quite well ... So you can go through for Glass when it not touching. But what man is there somewhere already and groped first times the lampshades ?!