L.166

An elegant Wild & Wessel lamp, different from the usual zinc cast and glass lamps, made of hand-painted KPM porcelain. Production probably around 1880-1890.

The vase in conical goblet form is finely painted on both sides: in the front with pink bush roses, in the back with yellow roses. The painting at the back is somewhat smaller. At the top and bottom, the vase is decorated with golden decorative lines and wide light pink bands. The gold painting is almost not rubbed off. The vase is marked at the bottom with the blue sceptre mark, additionally with a red imperial orb mark and the letters KPM. The lead weight under the base bears the mark W&W. The lamp is a noble product of Wild & Wessel.

The burner that came with the lamp was from Hugo Schneider, which I replaced with an original W&W burner. The burner had a beautifully decorated 70 mm globe holder. But as my intended tulip shade from the UK had a fitter width of 75 mm, it did not fit into the globe holder. So I used decorative brass band to make another, wider globe holder to sit on top of the original globe holder.

The medium-sized British tulip shade with dark cranberry colour is very suitable for the lamp.

Much later I got a 10''' Kosmos chimney that has the W&W logo on it (but without the letters W.W.).

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Burner, glass chimney, tulip shade and additional, self-made globe holder.

Cleaning and repairs:
Made a 75 mm extension for the globe holder from decorative brass strip.

Lamp body:
Base of ornamental cast brass, square, on 4 feet, 12 x 12 cm (tarnish protected). Under the base a lead weight, marked: W&W.
Goblet-shaped vase of finely painted porcelain with the bottom mark of KPM (= Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur, Berlin). The front is painted with pink bush roses, the back with yellow roses. The top of the vase is covered with a broad brass band, Ø 126 mm.
Drop-in font of plain white porcelain without painting or bottom mark, upper part spherical, Ø 115 mm.

Burner:
10’’’ Kosmos burner of Wild & Wessel, Berlin.
Wick knob marked: W&W Kosmos. Wick knob back: Decorative W&W cord.
Wick tube marked: Patent Breveté SGDG.
Flat wick 48 mm, of Den Haan Rotterdam, marked: DHR Kat10.

Glass chimney:
10’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 250 mm, Ø fitter 39 mm.
Marked: Prima Kristall 10''' + Logo W&W Kosmos.

Shade and shade holder:
British tulip shade, colourless transparent glass, optically blown, dark cranberry on top, colourless on bottom, flat-etched flowers, fluted top rim.
Height 160 mm, Ø fitter 74 and top rim 140 mm.
70 mm globe holder for 10’’’ burners. I added a self-made globe holder for 75 mm fitter width.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 32.9 cm, total height with chimney 61.9 cm.
Total weight 2290 g.