L.131

Again a rather small, but due to the Art Nouveau foot part very charming French lamp from ca. 1900-1910. The design of the cast zinc body is distantly reminiscent of tripod lamps.

As soon as I unpacked it, I discovered that one of the feet had broken off in transport! Careful, tentative soldering with a relatively low soldering temperature did not help; the foot came off again. Of necessity I glued it in place with a small brass plate underneath.

The font with its intense green colour was perfectly complemented by an unusually shaped tulip shade of the same colour. Size, colour and playful shape were made for the lamp! And interestingly enough, it made the long journey from Australia to me. However, it had a cantilevered, lipped fitter about 89 mm in diameter, and no globe holder fit snugly. The 95 mm globe holders were too big; the 85 mm globe holders were too small. Of necessity, I spent hours grinding down the tulip shade's overhanging fitter until the tulip could be placed in an ordinary globe holder. A matching 85 mm globe holder combined with a 70 mm globe holder then completed the lamp adequately.

Lamp Data

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

Cleaning and repairs:
The tulip shade sanded down at the bottom of the fitter about 2-3 mm and fit it to the globe holder. The broken foot glued with a brass plate and Stabilit. Two globe holders soldered to form a combined globe holder. The base is bronzed with gold wax (Laiton).

Lamp body:
Base of ornamental zinc casting, triangular, on three feet, with three stylised handles, in Art Nouveau style, marked at the bottom: - 105 -, side length 119 mm. One foot broken and glued on with Stabilit.
Font of transparent green glass, optically vertically ribbed, Ø 126 mm, firmly cemented.

Burner:
10’’’ Kosmos burner of Hugo Schneider, Leipzig.
Wick knob marked: Prima-Rund-Brenner.
Flat wick 48 mm.

Glass chimney:
10’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 247 mm, Ø fitter 38 mm.
Marked: Cristal Supérieur Made in France 10''' + crown in garland.

Shade and shade holder:
Tulip shade, frosted glass, green on top, almost colourless at the bottom, cameo-etched festoons, top rim 4-fold inwards and coloured green. Lipped fitter. Ground down to ca. 86 mm at the bottom.
Height 150 mm, Ø fitter 86 and bulge 130 mm.
Combination of 85 mm globe holder for 14’’’/15’’’ burners and 70 mm globe holder for 10’’’ burners.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 22.1 cm, total height with chimney 50.3 cm.
Total weight 1200 g.