L.197
Another Ignác Fischer lamp made of painted ceramics. A great find in Budapest as a souvenir and unfortunately also very expensive fun! When my wife and I found this lamp in an antique shop in Budapest, I hesitated for a long time before buying it, because it was broken several times and glued together in a completely amateurish and miserable way! The antique dealer had had to fetch it from a warehouse in the back when I asked him about kerosene/paraffin lamps. A professional repair would cost a lot of money. But how often does one find an Ignác Fischer lamp? Maria encouraged me to buy the lamp after all. So the lamp came with us to Germany to be kissed awake from its Sleeping Beauty slumber.
The repair of a total of 14 broken parts including repainting was extremely time-consuming. Mr Kühnel performed a masterly feat; the broken parts can only be seen when looking very closely. The brass ring on the rim of the vase was also damaged and the lid no longer fitted. I sawed off the ring and extended it with an inserted piece of brass.
The painting of the vase and the font lid is very typical for Ignác Fischer. Stylised flowers are embedded in the middle of an area-filling, complex tendril pattern. A similar lamp with the same painting also exists in another version with a diagonally ribbed vase.
The lamp was made for the British market because it had a font collar with a bayonet fitting. During the repair, this collar came free. So I had the opportunity to use a threaded collar, because I already had a suitable flame disc burner with the right chimney to hand. The 20’’’ Germania burner is presumably from Wetzchewald & Wilmes (classification by comparison in Goldberg catalogues). A chimney marked "Germania Cylinder" completed the burner very appropriately.
An old tulip shade with hand-painted floral motifs in gold-framed cartouches fits this lamp perfectly.
The lamp has unfortunately become very expensive, yet it is a magnificent lamp from the Hungarian metropolis and certainly a rather rare piece.
Lamp Data
Added by me:
Burner, glass chimney, tulip shade and globe holder.
Cleaning and repairs:
Mr Kühnel completely disassembled the ceramic parts in a solvent bath, expertly re-glued and meticulously repainted them. I repaired the upper brass band of the vase and cemented a new font collar.
Lamp body:
Base of ornamental, openwork brass casting with underlaid brass sheet, round, on 4 lion feet, 17x17 cm. Under the base a weight of cast iron.
Vase of elaborately hand-painted ceramic, signed Fischer J. Budapest (broken several times). Vase rim finished with brass ring (dented). In the vase an additional container of sheet brass.
Drop-in font of brass sheet. Font lid of hand-painted ceramic, Ø 151 mm (broken several times).
Burner:
20’’’ Germania burner, presumably by Wetzchewald & Wilmes, Neheim (Germany).
Wick knob marked: Germaniabrenner + crown.
Original flame disc (flat disc on a tube pin).
Flat wick 100 mm.
Glass chimney:
20’’’ bottle-shaped chimney, tapering upwards. Height 287 mm, Ø fitter 63 mm.
Marked: Germania Cylinder 20''' + star in a circle + 2 crossing arrows.
Shade and shade holder:
Tulip shade, colourless glass, frosted, painted flowers, golden frames and decorative lines. Top rim scalloped cut.
Height 198 mm, Ø fitter 85 and bulge 173 mm.
85 mm globe holder for 20’’’ burners.
Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 39.5 cm, total height with chimney 73.3 cm.
Total weight 4560 g.
