L.237

This lamp, which looks like a typical Moderator lamp made of sheet brass, is actually an old clockwork lamp that was converted into a kerosene/paraffin lamp at some point. Later, they made an electric lamp out of it, but luckily they at least left the glass font on it. The lamp came to me in a very dirty condition and with an old-fashioned fabric shade.

This lamp is illustrated in Philippe Deitz's book in its original setting as a clockwork lamp (page 208). It is dated 1840.

I have corrected the dented sheet metal parts again, and cleaned the entire lamp with steel wool. The motif depicts an exceedingly charming genre scene: Two men are playing a board game in a veranda framed with vines, one laughing heartily at the game he has won and the loser musing introspectively. A young woman with a small child in her arms looks on with a grin. A dog sleeps under the men's feet. The scene is very detailed and excellently sculptured. The base area again depicts a rural scene: In a farmyard, a rooster is probably intimidating a cat.

Cleaned from all the dirt and polished, the lamp shines again in its beauty. I replaced the electrified burner with a 15’’’ Volks burner from Carl Holy. I already had a matching, old, marked Odin chimney.

A glass shade from St. Louis for gas lamps completed the lamp.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Burner, glass chimney, ball shade and globe holder.

Cleaning and repairs:
Glued the hole for the clockwork key with a brass plate. Bent the dented lower edge to shape.

Lamp body:
Lamp body from a former clockwork lamp. Embossed brass sheet with a genre scene in relief (3 times the same motif). Lower end plate missing. Original clockwork removed. Ø 132 mm at the bottom, 107 mm at the top.
Font of hand-blown, colourless, frosted glass, hand-cut floral motifs, Ø 143 mm.

Burner:
15’’’ Volks burner of Carl Holy, Berlin.
Wick knob marked: Odin (Logo of Carl Holy for Export). Black glass inlay.
Original flame disc Carl Holy, hat-on-sieve-tube type.
Flat wick 67 mm.

Glass chimney:
14’’’ Matador chimney with slim bulge. Height 262 mm, Ø fitter 46 mm.
Marked: Cristal Recuit - Importé de Silesie - 15''' Odin + mill in a circle.

Shade and shade holder:
Ball shade by St. Louis, semi-open form for gas lamps, colourless glass, frosted, deep-etched. Lipped fitter.
Height 136 mm, Ø fitter 84 and bulge 182 mm.
85 mm globe holder for 12’’’ burners.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 33.0 cm, total height with chimney 63.1 cm.
Total weight 2880 g.